Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Hell Fire Club were something of a social embarrassment at the time . |
| 2 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 3 | More people owned motor cars than previously : by 1956 there was one car for every three people in the United States ; in France and Britain the figure was one for every thirteen people . |
| 4 | And when they got there , they found that both anticipation and anxiety had overestimated the occasion , for like the reception at the Hôtel de Ville , the dance was nothing but a stifling , uncomfortable , noisy , joyless crush . |
| 5 | The women believed that the PDC 's stated concern for their welfare was nothing but a hollow promise : |
| 6 | She had made her point — that Suzi was one on a long , long list , and that Gesner was her parents ' generation . |
| 7 | Contemporary art was anything but the strong point of the Salon , with Paris dealers in particular showing a large number of deja vu works and recording few sales . |
| 8 | The listing was something of a wet blanket — half of the shares were left with the underwriting institutions — but at least the company had got its listing away . |
| 9 | It is therefore apparent that labour within the Personnel area was something of a scarce resource ! |
| 10 | In this sense , ‘ free ’ carried a load of genealogical history : a free man was one with an authentic Zuwaya ancestry . |
| 11 | According to clerical conservatives , liberalism was nothing but a permanent Masonic conspiracy . |
| 12 | Mr Gibson said that procedures were being examined to prevent a recurrence and the incident was one in a million . |
| 13 | Sparks and Yeates found that the new venture was something of a small goldmine , much more lucrative than cutting mens ' and boys ' hair for 6d and 3d respectively . |
| 14 | They did not act since the case was one for the Russian authorities alone . |
| 15 | This type of guitar was something of a German speciality , as though the builders , while acknowledging the burgeoning ‘ beat boom ’ market of the time , could n't bring themselves to completely prostitute their art by simply cloning the famous electric guitars of America . |
| 16 | His death was nothing but an absurd , ludicrous accident . |
| 17 | Yes , Grandad was something of a harum-scarum but I loved him nevertheless . |
| 18 | And that was the reason why , and in fact the total shortfall , the total unmanning was something like a hundred and thirty-five hundred and forty , which is why the police authority has a bid in at this moment for a , a further sixty-eight policemen , which has in fact been backed by the county council , who are prepared to pay for it . |
| 19 | The good dealer was something of a social worker as well as a salesman , developing a very intensive relationship with clients who did n't mind being churned every day . |