Example sentences of "[vb past] something [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The taxi driver scribbled something indecipherable upon the back of a Woodbine packet and handed it to Cornelius . |
| 2 | That was how he built something extra into the programme . ’ |
| 3 | I thought for an incredible moment that I caught something familiar in the sound — but it could n't be . |
| 4 | Old friends of the Chesapeake , they noticed something alarming beneath the water : the submerged grasses that used to carpet the river 's bottom were disappearing . |
| 5 | There was only the French chef Pierre , whistling between his teeth as he pounded something aromatic in a pestle , and a couple of aproned maids bustling about with what looked like preparations for breakfast . |
| 6 | You do n't have to worry about swearing or , Sue swore something terrible in the car this morning ! |
| 7 | But he meant something other by the word : something more than simple agreement . |
| 8 | Then I saw something bright round the child 's neck . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw something white in a clump of leaves . |
| 10 | But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant . |
| 11 | A footman came and did something deft with a spoon and a plate and a linen napkin . |
| 12 | Was it true that he did something dreadful on the eve of an audition ? |
| 13 | Maybe Errol picked up on my mood because he said something offensive about a lady I regarded with deep affection . |
| 14 | Their ordeal ended when a bank security guard spotted something suspicious on a television monitor and raised the alarm . |
| 15 | Incredibly , Jimmy could see that Rohmer had something akin to a smile on his face . |
| 16 | In this case , a plaintiff bought a used car which he was told had something wrong with the clutch and oil pressure gauge but that neither would be serious . |
| 17 | What was impressive was that each group had something different in the way of experience to contribute , whether about uranium mining or leukaemia clusters or the advantages of energy saving . |
| 18 | Nigel believed she would assume he had something incurable with a shade of film glamour to it — leukaemia , perhaps . |
| 19 | It 's the first time we 've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery . |