Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] something [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived a very isolated existence and was something of a recluse . |
| 2 | My uncle was already old , and not given to rash spending , indeed he carried his carefulness too far , and was something of a miser . |
| 3 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 4 | or 170 MN/m 2 which is round about the average for laboratory glassware , window panes , beer bottles and most of the other common forms of glass but was something between a fiftieth and a hundredth of what he reckoned it ought to be . |
| 5 | As it was , with Helmut gone , Jean-Claude had the time to convince me that my life in London not only lacked quality but was something of a farce . |