We judged they was studying up some kind of worse deviltry than ever.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

One of them began to set up some kind of gun.
— from The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick

And if I have time I think I'll start to shaping up some kind of crutch while you're away.
— from Under Canvas; or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Douglas, Alan, Captain

He had on a big pair of spurs, and I was watchin' him and studyin' up some kind of prank to play on 'im.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Still, unless some kind of protection is extended to the shipping of this port, it is not at all improbable that it may fail for want of the necessary laborers, as soon as the boats reach this harbor.
— from The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont

I will shake up some kind of a bed in your study among the papers."
— from Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician by Alexandre Dumas

The latter were scolding at him with their usual cordiality, while he, on his part, seemed under some kind of fascination, returning again and again to walk as closely as he dared about the blustering crew.
— from Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey

And meanwhile, Eustace had had to endure the constant company of his gaoler Hubert, the wretch's occasional attempts to compromise him in the doings of the gang; and what was horridest of all, Hubert's very sincere pleasure in our presence and conversation, and his ceaseless attempts to strike up some kind of friendship.
— from Penelope Brandling: A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century by Vernon Lee