Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe people would think we were something like the British Labour Party , ’ he said hopefully . |
| 2 | It tells us that the soldiers are thinking back to before the war , to the sun as if it were something in the distant past which they took for granted but has now become their last hope and so they are turning back to nature to put right a problem they caused . |
| 3 | If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue . |
| 4 | Erm , and it was going on about it was something to the sum insurance ? |
| 5 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 6 | It was something about the lovers skiing across the Alpine mountain slope , vanishing into the mist . |
| 7 | It was something about the old man 's attitude that had made him cry . |
| 8 | It was something about the times that drugs should be so easily come by . |
| 9 | It was something in the past . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was something in the dowager-duchess 's voice that caused it , but Joan to her own dismay burst into tears . |
| 11 | Jesus , maybe it was something in the water ! |
| 12 | Now it was a rule and the custom at the time that any of the staff could impose a fine on the spot and in this circumstance Fagan imposed a fine of 10 " ackers " — that is 10 piastres , which I can not remember what the value was at the time , but let us say it was something in the order of 5 . |
| 13 | It was n't just the overwhelming sense of power that seemed to emanate from him as he stood there , it was something in the startlingly blue eyes which raked her slender figure and delicate features with an intensity that almost took her breath away . |
| 14 | The whiteness of his shirt seemed to emphasise his tan , but it was something in the glittering gaze , raking her slowly from head to toe , that made her hesitate . |
| 15 | It was something in the air , she decided , some voodoo spell maybe . |
| 16 | It was something like the truth — as much as he would give to Ellwood . |
| 17 | I 'm not sure , but I think when I studied this in college I think it was something like the average of producers of vocabulary of less than two thousand words . |
| 18 | He was something in the Civil Service . ’ |