Example sentences of "[ex0] [was/were] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something a little cold at her heart — as when she had picked up that book to read while he was fucking her . |
| 2 | One said : ‘ Most people in this area always felt there was something a bit odd about him . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've always thought there was something a bit sad about grown men waving guns about like that . |
| 4 | There was something a little unsettling about this shifting quality of his — this ability , like a prism , to cast lights of varying colours , all different , all startling , all totally unexpected . |
| 5 | She wanted us to make her a Shaker-style chest , and there was something a bit peculiar about the dimensions , so Luke and I went to Bracken Cottage . |
| 6 | Sir Ralph Howell would have induced confidence , even in schoolmasters ; there was something a bit dodgy about Sir Ralph Grunte . |
| 7 | If it had been anyone else the Direktor would also have said that there was something a little pathetic about her . |