Example sentences of "[ex0] [be] something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The caveat that we 've put against the whole report is that there are something in the region of half a dozen major government initiated reviews into fire safety in this country . |
| 2 | At LDC level , an extrapolation of the figures provided by Edwards and Lloyd ( 1981 ) suggests that there are something in the order of 14,000 local-level formal meetings a year . |
| 3 | Quinn had gambled on there being something inside the case to lead police and troops to whatever rendezvous he established with Zack . |
| 4 | There 's something about the soap opera form that really does encourage discussion because it spells out and gives you lots of time to consider these moral or personal dilemmas . |
| 5 | There 's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment . |
| 6 | There 's something about the way they 're built and their atmosphere that prevents places like Staithes and Whitby slipping overboard from picturesque to grotesque . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's something about the place , so — so … ’ |
| 8 | Nobody 's saying anything , not to my face anyway , but there 's something about the way they move , and the way conversations change tack when I walk into rooms . |
| 9 | THERE 'S something about the accordion that tugs at the heart strings . |
| 10 | There 's something about the sixteenth in your house . |
| 11 | So what I think , that 's another thing about this , I have erm , there 's something about the plainness of design that I like if it 's erm the things that have been done that are erm like Adobe typefaces or Bertol typefaces , that are really beautifully , you know , sandpapered and finished to me are boring and when you get into , if you take a look at the schedule that A T F produce typefaces in it 's not unlike it , I mean the modern equivalent is the Font Bureau do 'em and try to sell 'em . |
| 12 | There 's something of the chicken and egg situation in this . |
| 13 | There 's something of the same blankness of effect , too , in Ismail Saray 's white sheet hung against red , the white perforated with large burnt holes . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's something of the satyr about it . |
| 15 | Maybe there 's something of the reptile in her , he thought . |
| 16 | I always warn my men that there 's something of the scapegoat involved in the role of parish priest . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , maybe there 's something at the back of a cupboard somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 18 | You know there 's something at the back of my mind about that Datsun and I ca n't think what it is . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Sometimes I think there 's something at the back of all this that 's so … so bloody bizarre . |
| 20 | Now you can see on there , there 's something at the back is n't there ? |
| 21 | ‘ You mean … there 's something on the X-rays ? ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There 's something on the paper under that computer . ’ |
| 23 | There 's something on the floor down there ! |
| 24 | there 's something on the radio and I were commenting on it and then he all of a sudden he played it back , oh , er , it was about then probably |
| 25 | There 's something on the national insu about the national insurance as well , I ca n't think how he 's gon na work that because he said it is the ones that are on over forty thousand that are gon na be |
| 26 | There 's something on the other side . |
| 27 | Also , the best solos often come from the best songs , because there 's something in the song to feed off — a chord structure , a feeling or an atmosphere . |
| 28 | The best solos often come from the best songs , because there 's something in the song to feed off — a chord structure , a feeling or an atmosphere |
| 29 | There 's something in the room . |
| 30 | seventy five per cent way up , now there 's something in the human spirit that actually says I would like to change that , but we really do n't want the children to die in Somalia do we ? |