Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing about a delivery in his early morning instructions . |
| 2 | There was nothing about the arrest of Theo Sykes but that might be because the news had broken too late . |
| 3 | There was nothing about the man 's voice , nothing about what he said that cast any doubt on his motives . |
| 4 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 5 | And there was something about a large tortoise stove , freshly done with first-class blacklead and plenty of elbow-grease , that gladdened your eyes . |
| 6 | There was something about a girl he wanted to bring and there was something to do with stones . |
| 7 | ‘ There was something about a Bronze Age , I believe . |
| 8 | It was something about a sure light in their eye |
| 9 | But er there was something about a servant lass that got pregnant . |
| 10 | It was something about a child . |
| 11 | There was something about a chair . |
| 12 | There was something about the firm set of her body that Jay knew instinctively : she was a survivor . |
| 13 | There was something about the prospective return of Vincent that cheered Rim . |
| 14 | It was something about the lovers skiing across the Alpine mountain slope , vanishing into the mist . |
| 15 | There was something about the girl . |
| 16 | There was something about the care with which he looked into your eyes that was truly frightening . |
| 17 | Elspeth was fair-haired , almost blonde , Rebecca was dark but there was something about the eyes they had in common , yet where Elspeth was grave and silent most of the time , Rebecca , or Becky as she was usually called , was lively and voluble . |
| 18 | In other words , there was something about the situation in which these people failed to perceive pain in spite of obvious injury whose nature they understood . |
| 19 | Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress . |
| 20 | Despite her eighteen years , there was something about the petulant droop of her mouth that reminded one of a spoilt child ; but even so she was strikingly lovely , with her big dark eyes and mass of golden hair , which she wore in a coil at the nape of her neck . |
| 21 | There was something about the way Kelly was speaking that seemed unlike her . |
| 22 | There was something about the Jungle . |
| 23 | It suggested that there was something about the man , some unknown factor which made him slightly suspect in the eyes of the authorities . |
| 24 | There was something about the elegant fist-fighting , swearing , tough little New York-born Italian son-of-a-gun that appealed to the ever-so-ever-so English son of a knight . |
| 25 | There was something about the way she was treating them that still seemed odd to Masklin . |
| 26 | It was something about the old man 's attitude that had made him cry . |
| 27 | Hari tensed , there was something about the situation that was familiar . |
| 28 | There was something about the movies although not too many people stopped to ask what it was . |
| 29 | Sometimes actually I think ‘ Oh I 'd like to go back to work ’ — to be in that hubbub — because I always worked in the West End and there was something about the atmosphere — being dressed all day … |
| 30 | There was something about the man he did n't trust . |