Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] about [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing about a delivery in his early morning instructions . |
| 2 | There was nothing about the man 's voice , nothing about what he said that cast any doubt on his motives . |
| 3 | There was nothing about the arrest of Theo Sykes but that might be because the news had broken too late . |
| 4 | It was something about a child . |
| 5 | But er there was something about a servant lass that got pregnant . |
| 6 | There was something about a girl he wanted to bring and there was something to do with stones . |
| 7 | ‘ There was something about a Bronze Age , I believe . |
| 8 | There was something about a chair . |
| 9 | There was something about the wizard that irked Him beyond measure . |
| 10 | There was something about the wood fragments that Jordan knew and was not saying . |
| 11 | He was smiling still , but there was something about the smile that sent a warning tingle dancing along her spine . |
| 12 | There was something about the movies although not too many people stopped to ask what it was . |
| 13 | All he said was something about the chicken . |
| 14 | Apart from the inordinate length of those legs , and the firm muscularity of his biceps evident beneath the dark sweater , there was something about the thrust of that strong male jaw that invited a second look . |
| 15 | There was something about the Jungle . |
| 16 | There was something about the girl . |
| 17 | And there was something about the girl , with her contemptuous mouth and lolling posture , something strong and indefinable , like a smell , the smell of a bitch on heat . |
| 18 | There was something about the way Kelly was speaking that seemed unlike her . |
| 19 | There was something about the way she was treating them that still seemed odd to Masklin . |
| 20 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 21 | There was something about the way he looked at her . |
| 22 | There was something about the way he said it , in a tone of calm wisdom , that just for a moment made Lisa curious . |
| 23 | There was something about the way she said it which made people nervous . |
| 24 | There was something about the way that Foley spoke . |
| 25 | ‘ There was something about the way she asked it that made me suspicious . |
| 26 | There was something about the way he was watching her , his dark eyes so intent and … knowing , that fired her temper . |
| 27 | Miguel stood where she had left him , outlined against the star-studded sky , and there was something about the way he was standing that reminded her of someone else … |
| 28 | He intrigued her , there was something about the way he acted , the way he spoke that made him different from all the other vagrants that she had met . |
| 29 | Animals rarely surprise me but there was something about the buck , once I noticed it sitting there , that froze me for a second . |
| 30 | There was something about the memory of that evening that made him uneasy . |