Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] some kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says her neighbour 's garden , always is a mystery here , her neighbour 's garden has been attacked by some kind of animal , she thinks nocturnal , there are small areas dug up from the garden , they are about three to four inches in diameter and about the same in depth , so it 's , it 's , it 's a little hole rather than the end of a tunnel it seems . |
| 2 | What she does not do is believe for one moment that Rainbow has been possessed by some kind of demon . |
| 3 | She 'd been strangled with some kind of flex or cord . |
| 4 | This has been represented as some kind of martyrdom on Lewis 's part ; and doubtless , like any long-term relationship , it called for reserves of patience and good humour on both sides . |
| 5 | Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment . |
| 6 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 7 | Quite a large sum of money was created partly out of existing funds ( of LEA ) which were to support in-service in schools that had been identified by some kind of functional group in the school … |
| 8 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |