Example sentences of "[vb pp] something [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hari felt a sense of disappointment , she had expected something more from players at the theatre , exactly what she did n't know . |
| 2 | They have solved something important for themselves in the turn and turn about of a twosome . |
| 3 | It is difficult to tell how much of Dustin 's discomfiture during the making of the film seeped through into his portrayal , but it might have added something uneasy to the character of Benjamin . |
| 4 | If they can become less blamed , they will then have resolved something important for themselves . |
| 5 | Already he has looked something special in our 125cc races and has notched doubles at Bishopscourt and Aghadowey but more than that he was third in the 125cc Euro round at Mondello so he is heading the right way . |
| 6 | Not only Euclid , but Galileo too , had grown something worthwhile from the seeds of natural reason . |
| 7 | After a while he said slowly , ‘ I see that you too have noticed something strange about the picture . |
| 8 | He told me that when the vaporetto arrived he had noticed something strange about it . |
| 9 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 10 | But presently the smile faded , and Ruth thought he had seen something wrong in her face . |
| 11 | The police want to talk to anyone who may have seen something suspicious near the school on Sunday afternoon when the fire occurred . |
| 12 | ‘ No-one 's supposed to know what it means — most people think we 've done something odd with the word tartan . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 14 | It sounded like , ‘ Done something good in his life for once . ’ |
| 15 | He must have done something useful in about 3 matches . |
| 16 | I remember once having to chase a man who had done something nasty to someone , and losing him in the darkness as he dashed down a cobbled mews . |
| 17 | The development of science and education has done something similar in the development of mankind , and is more successful than religions in providing real gains in the external world , because its image of the external world is more accurate than those which are based on religious notions . |
| 18 | They had also done something terrible to the boiler , and discovered dry rot in the airing-cupboard . |
| 19 | I seem to have done something silly with my shoulder , it 's awfully stiff and |
| 20 | ‘ Why , Mahmoud , have you done something sensible at last and joined the river police ? ’ |
| 21 | I walked on , glad to have helped someone , to have done something active for once . |
| 22 | Erm , and I want to make sure that you 've got , those four people have all done something different from here . |
| 23 | right so I mean there 's , there 's obviously more need to be thought through on that and the video I have n't , oh I have done something more about the video |
| 24 | He rejected the argument that the defendants had done something more by refraining from setting up certain answers to the claim permitted by the Dubai law ; as a matter of policy it was never their intention to do so and ‘ It is no consideration to refrain from a course of action which it was never intended to pursue ; see Cook v. Wright ( 1861 ) 1 B. & ss. 559 , 589 , ( above , p. 214 ) . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps it was a sign that she 'd only just realized she 'd done something wrong with her life . ’ |
| 26 | I mean in the end he 's talking about they 've got the supreme authority but er but not actually yet even though he talks about revolution they 're not actually seizing the land unless they actually think the landlord 's done something wrong like erm rents or whatever . |
| 27 | For the rest of the day he could hardly concentrate on any problem , caught between contrition that he had done something wrong in inviting Benedicta and pleasure that she had so readily accepted . |
| 28 | I have done something dreadful without consulting you . |
| 29 | She had a little pug-like dog who wore an expression of perpetual outrage , its eyes bulging as though someone had just said something unforgivable to it . |
| 30 | But he had already said something similar to Burun , and did not know which of his words had been repeated verbatim . |