Example sentences of "[be] something [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been something in the Wingco 's demeanour that Benson did not like much , however , a quietness , an air of brooding . |
| 2 | There may indeed be something in the Professore 's argument that the major fault of Marxism was to over-estimate man 's capacity for altruism , for purity , for in tellectual-philosophic sustenance . |
| 3 | Now of course from the special school point of view they will say well many efforts are made to attempt to bring community life into the school and to have children erm or give them experiences in the community , so that you provide both a sheltered environment and also the opportunity to learn in the wider community , and this debate is something of a dilemma erm I do n't know that any body can give a definite answer to it . |
| 4 | This is called ‘ snowflake ’ obsidian , and is something of a collector 's item . |
| 5 | The example cited is something like a dentist 's surgery where the system has to cope with payroll , patient records , appointments and the like . |
| 6 | On the surface , there is something in the government 's view . |
| 7 | To some extent advertising was something of a gentleman 's game . |
| 8 | Which , from a man who had fought a hook for a goodly part of his life , was something of a collector 's item . |
| 9 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was something in the dowager-duchess 's voice that caused it , but Joan to her own dismay burst into tears . |
| 11 | Mr Graham would always take the view that this ‘ dignity ’ was something like a woman 's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it . |
| 12 | It was true , as Tim had said , that the nearest keeper 's cottage was something like an hour 's hard tramp by footpath across the park and through the woods — but there was a short cut , if Mary dared take it . |