Example sentences of "[was/were] something [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not mean that there is not a valid distinction to be drawn between sense and sentence ; only that it is a mistake to think of the sense of an utterance as though it were something existing alongside the utterance but in the ethereal medium of the mind . |
| 2 | The latter were a bonus ( for me , too ) as he can spot an aeroplane before it is visible to me , and these were something new in the sky . |
| 3 | There was something pejorative about the word , so that to some atonal music meant ‘ non-music ’ , or at least something ugly and unpleasant . |
| 4 | ‘ Because there was something foul about the set-up at the Jenner Clinic , and they do n't want it made public . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He 's a most engaging fellow — essentially human ’ , Reid reported as though there was something odd about an archbishop being human . |
| 6 | ‘ Or what , Liessa ? ’ said the old man ( in this dim light there was something odd about the way he was slumped in the stone chair ) . |
| 7 | There was something odd about the way the plane was rolling ; one wheel was broken . |
| 8 | I knew there was something odd about the way you kissed me , and — ’ |
| 9 | But there was something odd about the family |
| 10 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 11 | Then Laura appeared , and there was something odd in the manner of her appearance . |
| 12 | But that boy was different ; there was something nasty about the way he looked at you . |
| 13 | She used to toss her head as she passed me , as if I was something nasty on the roadside that should n't be looked at . |
| 14 | There was something familiar about the way the man 's long hair fell at the nape of his neck , and his posture as he knelt in front of a small hoy who was stamping his foot and refusing to kick the ball . |
| 15 | ‘ I felt very tense about it — I had a gut feeling there was something awful around the corner , ’ she says . |
| 16 | But I could see there was something monk-like about the space there . |
| 17 | Mendeleev used these relationships to predict the existence and properties of undiscovered elements ; and with the discovery of Gallium , Scandium and Germanium his predictions were found to have been astonishingly accurate , convincing chemists that there was something real behind the arrangement . |
| 18 | But now there was something new about the way she watched him . |
| 19 | There was something cruel about the smile flickering around his mouth . |
| 20 | There was something sad about the exchange — and a finality that he , by no means , approved of or desired . |
| 21 | For a second I considered whether I might not be able to make a meal from the remains , but , not only was the edge off my appetite , there was something repulsive about the thought of eating carrion , however fresh it looked . |
| 22 | The general feeling in the town was that there was something strange about the Judge 's House . |
| 23 | There was something strange about the preacher 's shades . |
| 24 | But there was something strange in the garden by the fence : a ‘ For Sale ’ sign . |
| 25 | There was something endearing about the way McCray adapted English slang into his American accent . |
| 26 | The Marine tried to tell himself it was something simple like a mole , but then paused to wonder if they had moles in Haiti . |
| 27 | He wrote in the Times : ‘ Last night in Sheffield , image throttled intellect and a quiet voice in every reporter present whispered that there was something disgusting about the occasion . |
| 28 | There was no doubt there was something unusual in the attitude of the little animal . |
| 29 | However , on the first day that I got to know her I had a feeling that there was something peculiar about the woman . |
| 30 | There was something unique about a hospital over the Christmas period , and most years he 'd made a point of working for as much of it as he could . |