Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [indef pn] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems a shame to waste the opportunity to see something of the country . ’ |
| 2 | Immediately beyond the church and school the road has a less steep section , and soon passes a small cheese dairy where , depending on circumstances of the season , there may be an opportunity to see something of the work that is typical of this type of country . |
| 3 | But equally it is important for the member of a department to understand something of the way in which it works , and the internal and external forces that shape its policies . |
| 4 | ( Although I have twice referred to Milton myself , I did so because I was grasping for images to convey something of the reality of the Devil . |
| 5 | Scott 's appointment could be easily justified on the grounds of his qualifications alone , but the attempt by the Select Committee to make something of the competition results only serves to cast doubt on the reasons for the appointment . |
| 6 | Somehow , though , and it was a complete mystery to her why , she felt an odd sort of reluctance to do anything of the kind . |
| 7 | oh yes he could … just before half time United had an even better chance to make something of the game … |
| 8 | There is little doubt that this particular development was motivated largely by the wish to restore something of the vigour and resistance to disease of the older types to modern colours and shapes . |
| 9 | ‘ We must make every effort to know something of the detail of what is happening . |
| 10 | I wish finally in this introduction to say something of the nature of the question which feminism is raising here for Christianity . |
| 11 | While ministers in Holland and Belgium are intervening ‘ before breakfast , lunch , tea and dinner ’ in order to rescue something of the Daf structure , their counterpart in the UK holds to the view that the market alone should decide Leyland Daf 's future . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind the bias of the Canongate survey , it is nevertheless possible to use data from the 38 families with compositor daughters to suggest something of the family background from which a number of our women compositors came . |
| 13 | It was a tremendous morale-booster for Michael to do something of the sort again , but I am sure none of the delegates at the conference knew of the pain he was in , nor how much discomfort he concealed behind his ready laugh . |
| 14 | An example may serve best at this stage to illustrate something of the range of problems often encountered by pupils when composing non-time-related texts . |