Example sentences of "[vb pp] something [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I find myself eating tomatoes in the winter , which must be considered something of a luxury . |
| 2 | Galbraith was writing before the latest riots , and is already considered something of a prophet for having done so . |
| 3 | The primitive democratic organization which took on these duties , the village commune , may have afforded some consolation to the peasantry , and undoubtedly fostered something of a collectivist mentality . |
| 4 | The sweater has enjoyed something of a renaissance since the 1980s . |
| 5 | The tone of the report suggests the hotel may have suffered something of a champagne drought after the Australians motorcaded out next morning . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd 've thought that Arise would have made something of a meal of all that — top financier in shares scandal ; weapons mogul arms IRA ; that sort of thing . ’ |
| 7 | And talking of unexpected wine styles , Australia has made something of a speciality of mixing Bordeaux Semillon grape with Burgundy 's Chardonnay grape recently . |
| 8 | Not wishing to live in south Durham and commute daily , this had presented something of a problem for him . |
| 9 | The past ten years have seen something of a revolution in text analysis , and in our understanding of how the results of such work might be applied in the classroom . |
| 10 | And so I have done something from a plane . |
| 11 | He had written something on a scrap of paper and folded it over at the bottom . |
| 12 | Lori had said something about a plane to catch , but she had n't said what time . |
| 13 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes , the wallaby farmer who 's got something of a baby boom on his hands . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's had something of a relapse . ’ |
| 15 | It is a sign that Leapor 's reputation has reached something of a plateau , that it is possible for scholars to disagree about the correct reading of her work . |
| 16 | I had vaguely understood something about a press of people , and was surprised to see the streets so empty . |
| 17 | There could n't be anything wrong with my chest unless I 'd swallowed something as a child , an old thrupenny bit . |
| 18 | They point out that the Faroese are generally well off and no longer need to hunt pilot whales or puffins to exist , and that the practice has become something of a sport rather than a necessity . |
| 19 | We also provide a guide to Minder-speak , which has become something of a fad . |
| 20 | We also provide a guide to Minder-speak , which has become something of a fad . |
| 21 | Andre had fallen in with the legendary Lafons of Meursault — Dominique Lafon was at college at the same time , and Lafon pere had become something of a mentor . |
| 22 | Under Whittaker sports medicine at Highbury acquired a fame that has become something of a tradition . |
| 23 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 24 | He grew very portly as an old man and although by this time he had become something of a legend to the other members of his club ( " The Hero of Krishnapur " ) , one might have thought that he himself had entirely forgotten about the siege . |
| 25 | The Scarman report on the 1981 riots has become something of a classic of its kind . |
| 26 | ( Julia MacRae/Walker , £6.99 ) Pat returns to some characters she created in The Surprise Party , a book she did over 20 years ago which has become something of a classic . |
| 27 | The hazardous nature of any such attempts at interchangeability or piecemeal transplant forms a recurrent theme in the literature , and has become something of a commonplace . |
| 28 | Thank you First class service at less than first class fares has become something of a slogan for Virgin Atlantic , but that 's put it on a collision course with big international airlines , especially British Airways . |
| 29 | From the Schallenberg the road descends in the course of 1 5km ( 9 miles ) via Oberei and Schwarzenegg to Steffisburg , which in modern times has become something of a dormitory suburb to 4km- ( 2½ miles- ) distant Thun . |
| 30 | This has become something of a cause célèbre in rock press folklore , but in truth the NME had been in worse scrapes before and no doubt has many more ahead . |