Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] be [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily 's home-coming was something of a triumph . |
| 2 | Of the remainder , IBM has only ever marketed its 600dpi product through the traditional channels ( it 's appearance at last year 's IPEX was something of an aberration while neither Printware or LaserMaster have sufficient of a foothold in the market to splash large sums of money on a marketing campaign . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had never worked with him before , but the man 's name was something of a legend in the Oxfordshire Constabulary , and she was experiencing a sense of some disappointment . |
| 5 | If Peter Greenaway 's camera is anything but a participating human representative , Gilbert 's is nothing else , addressed , ogled , and even winked at by the heroine . |
| 6 | The expert 's report was somewhat of a bombshell and an adjournment was granted to enable Mr. Steed to consider his position . |
| 7 | By then , at the end of the century , the Secretary 's power was his for the taking . |
| 8 | ‘ In those early days , ’ says Gatfield , ‘ the A&R person is everything to a new act — they hold the purse strings and there is a very special relationship because it was the A&R person who offered them the way into a record company , which is very , very special . ’ |