Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] something [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when I got to know something of the poverty of India 's villages ( some 500,000 of them ) that I really saw far worse poverty . |
| 2 | He replied politely that just as he studied the whereabouts of bones and tendons and muscles so as to know more about the figures he tried to draw , in the same way — if he was attempting a portrait — it helped to know something about the working of people 's minds and how their characters had been formed . |
| 3 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 4 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 5 | She leaned on the fence , wrapped her coat more closely round her body and tried to assimilate something of the tranquillity of the night , but all she could think of was the hurt in Barney 's eyes and the stiffness of his voice . |
| 6 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 7 | In a car outside these youngsters seemed to know something about the vandalism . |
| 8 | Huy stooped to pick something off the ground , that lay three-quarters hidden in the rough yellow grass that grew around the sides of the stone . |
| 9 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 10 | Suddenly , in mid-song , Dylan stopped playing and began to mumble something into the microphone , off on his own personal tangent . |
| 11 | Jim went to put something in the garage |
| 12 | It appeared to have something on the side . |
| 13 | God had to do something on the cross , in Christ , in order that his love which he has for us as sinners might become forgiveness for us in reality . |
| 14 | If the ‘ normal ’ woman had no libido , our worthy surgeons had to do something about the clitoris . |
| 15 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 16 | The fairness of the poll tax was that every adult had to contribute something to the upkeep of the neighbourhood instead of enjoying ( or destroying ) everything for free . |
| 17 | Prior to becoming a teacher , Roddick decided she wanted to see something of the world . |
| 18 | Unless you wanted to do something in the kitchen as well of course . |
| 19 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 20 | Although different , I wanted to capture something of the sensation of being high up in a tenement block overlooking London . |