Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] something [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , not more than a week later , I was coming down the back corridor from the kitchen when Miss Kenton came out of her parlour and uttered a statement she had clearly been rehearsing ; this was something to the effect that although she felt most uncomfortable drawing my attention to errors made by my staff , she and I had to work as a team , and she hoped I would not feel inhibited to do similarly should I notice errors made by female staff . |
| 2 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For two people who both were always in control , this was something of a miracle — to let go of control completely — to trust enough that they were both hurled into the abyss of pure sensation , pure feeling . |
| 5 | This was something of an exaggeration , and paleontologists made serious mistakes when reconstructing the more bizarre species from the older rocks , but only the anatomist could hope to make sense out of the discoveries . |
| 6 | This was something like the art the Progressive era needed . |
| 7 | That was something at the time that I felt I did n't really need myself . |
| 8 | All 10 proved negative , but he added : ‘ That was something of a dry run . |
| 9 | But that was something of a false dawn . |
| 10 | That was something of an exaggeration , but any emphasis on the rate of growth of manufacturing generally must take account of the weight of particular export-inclined industries in total output . |