Example sentences of "something [that] [modal v] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the interwar years there had been several proposals for something that would go beyond this to involve governments , and in 1938 the idea of a Nordic Council had been proposed by Denmark . |
| 2 | ‘ Work , ’ she told him quietly , her eyes seeking the dark depths of his for something that would relate to what they had once been to each other in Seville . |
| 3 | He had played the worst of tricks on her , making her lose all her self-respect , and it was something that would rankle in her heart for the rest of her life . |
| 4 | Lately , he had begun to think that evolution was something that would occur in the soul and , in time , the fripperies of science would be revealed to be dangerous toys . |
| 5 | As far as the other aspect is concerned , that there is no something that would have to be dealt with on its merits taking account of the arguments for and against . |
| 6 | " On the other hand , " I went on , " I have come across something that may lead to some news of Mr. Stavanger — It might be difficult to talk to you in your office — that 's why I 'm ringing now . |
| 7 | Something that may arise in future is not a matter for me now . |
| 8 | I sang songs to myself , made up stories , got hungry , rolled around in the sand a bit , rubbed a little of it into my eyes and generally tried to psyche myself up into something that might look like a terrible state for a wee boy to be in . |
| 9 | The amount of detail in a plan is something that will vary with circumstances and a student 's knowledge . |
| 10 | Something that will clash with the quivering jowls of the General 's wife . |
| 11 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 12 | Now I want you to find something that will do for guns and fur caps and a saucepan for Emily to cook wolf stew in — ; |
| 13 | That 's something that will need to be financed and it 's something which the Board will need to find the money to do . |
| 14 | Well there 's something that will have to be will be |
| 15 | The " otherness " of the past ( the contrast between life today and life in the past ) is something that will come into sharp focus . |
| 16 | This is the first of a series of questions designed to trap Jesus into saying something that could lead to his arrest . |
| 17 | Could , could I just say that Homeward , I mean there the , the parking is obviously a problem , that that is something that could go by , but I mean , I went to , the last time I went to Homeward , and walked out , and it 's before we had all this rain , my shoes were under water . |
| 18 | Science , as the seventeenth century traditionally understood it , was not something that could result from activities of the sort advocated by the Royal Society . |
| 19 | The meaning of a ( simple ) sentence is qualitatively different from that of any of its constituents — it is capable of saying something that can stand on its own as a message . |
| 20 | So erm er erm by n by no means er could you call one point one percent of something that can vary by factors of three in , in , in , in Cornwall the natural radiation is three times what it is in , in Essex erm er but they seem to be quite er healthy nevertheless in Cornwall erm so point one percent is er varies by factors of three , obviously ca n't be considered to be erm er a major political er a major erm er environmental hazard . |