Example sentences of "[was/were] something [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were pretty much the style of suits that people wear now — double-breasted with peg trousers — but then they were something of a revolution . |
| 2 | The Euro-elections were something of a test for the Greens . |
| 3 | Manager Goodman quickly spotted that Harry 's lack of inches ( he only stood 5ft 6in ) were something of a handicap when playing down the middle in Second Division football and successfully transferred him to the outside-right spot . |
| 4 | The years 1794–1806 were something of a honeymoon for the Prussians and their Poles : a spirit of co-operation flourished as the Prussians sought to secure the affections of their Polish subjects . |
| 5 | We were something of a phantom museum . |
| 6 | They were something of a hotchpot . |
| 7 | ‘ The Hell Fire Club were something of a social embarrassment at the time . |
| 8 | Rock pools were something of a novelty for him . |
| 9 | To him , they were something of an adventure , a small knock at the system which gave him the illusion of individual importance . |
| 10 | And there was something about a large tortoise stove , freshly done with first-class blacklead and plenty of elbow-grease , that gladdened your eyes . |
| 11 | There was something about a girl he wanted to bring and there was something to do with stones . |
| 12 | ‘ There was something about a Bronze Age , I believe . |
| 13 | It was something about a sure light in their eye |
| 14 | But er there was something about a servant lass that got pregnant . |
| 15 | It was something about a child . |
| 16 | There was something about a chair . |
| 17 | Indeed , it was something of a typically topsy-turvy but none the less gritty performance from Durie , who missed a match point at 5-3 and then had to wait an hour to complete the encounter after rain fell at the end of the ninth game . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember his name but he was something of a latecomer to the band . |
| 19 | In fact it was something of a school for bass players . |
| 20 | He was a good footballer and he always looked a bit weird with his striking blond hair However , there was something of a monkey-like mischievousness about him . |
| 21 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 22 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 23 | He was filmed , interviewed , and provided with ‘ ghosts ’ who helped him to ‘ write ’ nine books , one of them a thriller called The Test Match Surprise which was something of a best seller in the sixpenny ‘ Readers ' Library ’ ss popular in Woolworth 's in the 1920s . |
| 24 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 25 | It will be appreciated that before widespread industrialisation , the erection of highly specialised buildings was something of a rarity . |
| 26 | She was something of a celebrity at the Egon Schultz School . |
| 27 | It was something of a turning point for the Prince too . |
| 28 | All 10 proved negative , but he added : ‘ That was something of a dry run . |
| 29 | His letters from Oxford in his third term , after gaining the Lincoln History Exhibition , are much shorter , less introspective , and full of details about his writing , his plans for the future , his increased reading but , above all , his growing friendship with MacAlister who felt that ‘ his intimate outpouring to me was something of a comfort to him ’ . |
| 30 | There was something of a contrast at the Oval . |