Example sentences of "'s something [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bet it does n't mean that at all , bet it 's something terrible , like calling an Indian a son of a pig .
2 ‘ When you check those files there 's something specific you should look for .
3 In her manifesto , prime mover Jill Greenhalgh wrote : ‘ There 's something new and vital and female that is lying latent and untapped , trapped under thousands of years of patriarchal art , and you just ca n't quite grasp it . ’
4 Maybe it 's something new — something to do with the soil . ’
5 It 's something new , it 's something innovative , it 's something exciting … and it works .
6 There 's something new in the river the fish said as it swam .
7 There 's something new in the trees I heard a bloated thrush sing .
8 There 's something new in the warren said the rabbit to the doe , it 's got no fur , no eyes and no claws , yet digs deeper than we dare go .
9 There 's something new in the nest said the snow bright polar bear , I saw its shadow on a glacier as it had left no paw marks there .
10 It 's got to be the same , or related so if it 's something new , then it will be a whole new claim .
11 and for Britain here 's something new … you 'll here no moans down at the dogs … managers … trainers … owners … watchers … they all love it
12 ‘ It 's something new and fresh , and can be played in English nightclubs .
13 There 's something new er instead of that Bump .
14 Oh so it 's something new now ?
15 erm because it 's something other people have and now , now I 'm quite happy with myself and feel a lot more sure about the way I think and what I want
16 ‘ The challenge could n't be bigger and that 's something all top players need , and need all the time . ’
17 There 's something definite I want to say , but I ca n't get it out and you wo n't help me . ’
18 It 's it 's something hideous .
19 FUNNYMAN Steve Martin is fed up with people saying there 's something strange about his Hollywood house just because it has no windows at the front .
20 ‘ There 's something strange going on and we 're not getting any nearer , and look , there 's some fog detectors clamped on the rail . ’
21 ‘ I do n't know , ’ I said , ‘ but there 's something strange about Mr Ross . ’
22 ‘ There 's something strange about him .
23 There 's something strange about this island .
24 And there 's something strange .
25 But if it 's something mechanical , like a car , erm stereo equipment , erm a home computer something like that , a washing machine , it could be a long time before a mechanical fault became apparent .
26 I think there is a case for old medicines , but I think that doctors are sometimes too conservative and the public are sometimes too conservative getting advice from their mother-in-law or from granny erm and going and buying a granny 's remedy , whereas in fact there 's something modern available which would be much more effective and perhaps much safer .
27 There 's something pseudo about him . ’
28 It 's something new , it 's something innovative , it 's something exciting … and it works .
29 And if I think you were to read the first two pages of his autobiography , there 's a dedicatory verse on another page , I ca n't help feeling that you will agree with me that , in a , there 's something embarrassing about them .
30 Whatever , there 's something awful fishy going on .
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