Example sentences of "kind [prep] [noun sg] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darwinians assumed that this kind of coloration had been developed by natural selection . |
| 2 | Some kind of decision had been reached . |
| 3 | The kind of service devised was shaped by a number of different beliefs about community care , about the services available , and about the needs of dementia sufferers . |
| 4 | Only very gradually did a small number of educated critics come to see that although quite different from the Russian and European film the Hollywood and Hollywood-inspired film had developed its own qualities and that the great mass audience for that kind of entertainment had been responding quite genuinely to positive influence . |
| 5 | ‘ I understood from you , Morgan , some kind of alert had been sent out . |
| 6 | And while her heart swelled — could he be saying that he thought she was lovely ? — a few seconds later he was steering the Mercedes around a bend and was then at once driving to the other side of the road where a kind of lay-by had been cut into a high mass of rock . |
| 7 | Charles thought that the whole affair was now out of his hands , and , though it was unsatisfactory that so many questions remained unanswered , at least some kind of justice had been done . |