Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] something [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | From the very first , I had sensed something wrong about the long-haired Mamba … for one thing a man should not be that beautiful . |
| 3 | Not only Euclid , but Galileo too , had grown something worthwhile from the seeds of natural reason . |
| 4 | Everyone who took part in this charitable challenge thoroughly enjoyed the day , and we all felt we had contributed something worthwhile to the local community . |
| 5 | Suppose one of them had put something nasty in the food by error — or by purpose . |