Example sentences of "[v-ing] something [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My view is that the religious believer who makes a credal statement such as ‘ I believe in God ’ is affirming something similar to the believer in ghosts . |
| 2 | Professor Woolf argues that an older person purchasing a walking frame in order to remain on his or her feet is no less natural than a parent purchasing something similar for an infant learning to walk . |
| 3 | ‘ Raymond 's family could n't quite come to terms with eating something sweet at the start of a meal , ’ said Ilsa , laughing . |
| 4 | Young people look forward to co-operation , and aspire to building something good for the future . |
| 5 | He sat back in his chair , with an air of waiting , and expecting something more to the point . |
| 6 | In this , he is saying something significant about the way Conservatives are perceived among the fashionable folk ; and this perception is transmitted to sensitive souls who hate to think of themselves as being racist , greedy and materialistic . |
| 7 | The language helper is the expert on his/her language do not rebuke him/her for saying something different from the day before — there must be a reason ( if you were right in your observation ) . |
| 8 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 9 | ‘ Aye , that 's a pre-requisite , ’ said Doogie , who was doing something unspeakable to a metal coat-hanger . |
| 10 | Ever since 1969 , when he had his first show , his cartoonish black-and-white paintings have managed to comment without mercy or a smidgen of socially redeeming tact on , among other things , men 's — and women 's — looks ( Warhol 's nosejob painting must be an important icon in his private gallery ) ; issues of health ( a hilarious series of men in the throes of having heart attacks ) ; bestiality ( pert Fifties housewife on her knees doing something unspeakable to a poodle with her arm ) and religion ( famous Biblical figure on the cross getting a pie in the face ) . |
| 11 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 12 | Those still with troublesome suspicions should have asked themselves how Pakistan 's fast men could have survived the Cornhill Test series had they been doing something illegal to the ball while on view not only to alert umpires and batting opponents but to thousands of onlookers at the various grounds and before the probing eye of television . |
| 13 | It also expects it to build gradually over the next two quarters and then start doing something serious in the fall . |
| 14 | They were evidently hearing something different from the rest of us now , for we would watch them slow-dance to the fastest beat , and then , on the next record , see them execute perfect and elaborate improvised arabesques , all fast footwork and impassioned arms , in the gaps of a slow blues . |
| 15 | Whenever possible , I try and make a point of taking something special to a party . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll get it , ’ he said to Charlotte who was supervising something last-minute in the kitchen . |
| 17 | The sound came again ; a long , rasping , scratching sound , as if someone out there was dragging something sharp across the wood . |
| 18 | Many things are told to the reader throughout the novel through conversation or through reading something such as the reading of the tombstone which tells us of the death of Pip 's parents . |
| 19 | It must have been creepy for you , going into that empty house and finding something nasty behind the door … hey , that 'd make a title , would n't it ? |
| 20 | They were carrying something heavy into the house . |
| 21 | But if I know her she is composing something more like an entry in a good encyclopaedia , or perhaps a chapter in her own book . |
| 22 | Although they are offering something different in the instrument arena , they could have scored higher by paying more attention to the basic build quality of these instruments . |