Example sentences of "be something [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're something funny by using . |
| 2 | There 's been people starved to death in Stalingrad , so do n't you go thinking you 're something special . ’ |
| 3 | THERE 'S always been something fishy about wild rocker Axl Rose … and now finally here 's the proof . |
| 4 | ‘ It must have been something awful , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Lively and headstrong , considered beautiful in her day ( and there had been something proud about her — the way she held her head ) , she had married well and had lived abroad for almost all my life . |
| 6 | The BR spokesman said : It could have been something simple like a gate left open or something sinister like vandalism . ’ |
| 7 | There had been something familiar about her , Riven realised . |
| 8 | There had been something familiar about him , and Stuart had stopped , uncertain . |
| 9 | ‘ It should have been something superb , he had the site for it . |
| 10 | ‘ Could it not have been something innocent ? ’ |
| 11 | I mean , there 's always been something odd , here . |
| 12 | Hatton had done his jobs for McCloy and the last one had been something spectacular . |
| 13 | He and Charlie had had a good laugh over that particular house , but there had been something serious in Charlie 's laughter and Jack had guessed he aimed high . |
| 14 | What happened between early and later Greek society to generate these developments must have been something other than the ‘ intrinsic ’ qualities of literacy alone since literacy was present in both periods . |
| 15 | Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police . |
| 16 | In the film there would have been something terrible awaiting him . |
| 17 | Perhaps in local communities where children might actually have Their trick might have been something entertaining erm and the treat itself might have been something like erm you know American |
| 18 | So far as one can tell from the scanty evidence available they had been something short of that . |
| 19 | Senga looked at her quickly , before turning away — perhaps there had been something amusing in one of Mama 's letters . |
| 20 | Has this been something special in acting for you ? |
| 21 | The Londoner has starred at the Upper Malone arena for the past three meetings and his clashes with arch rival Colin Jackson have been something special . |
| 22 | ‘ Must have been something big . |
| 23 | But Lexy had been something different . |
| 24 | During that night their love-making had been something wonderful . |
| 25 | It could have been something wonderful , but it had to be denied . |
| 26 | There must have been something urgent in his voice . |
| 27 | Ever since we married there 's been something wrong with her . ’ |
| 28 | They began filming and there must have been something wrong because Bogie just sort of walked straight through the shot , so Eddie says , ‘ Bogie , you walked right through that shot . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You think there may have been something wrong with the Maxwell girl ? |
| 30 | Experts have exploded the old wives ' myth that , if he decided to play away , there must have been something wrong with the relationship in the first place . |