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 . |