Example sentences of "something [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've got the school Nativity play , ’ said George , ‘ and Miss Thorne is already producing something for the Women 's Guild . ’ |
| 2 | Meanwhile viewer reaction slot Biteback ( 4.30pm , BBC1 ) does something for the country 's frustrated football commentators . |
| 3 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 4 | Also I 've got to get something for the boys ' dinner first … |
| 5 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 6 | Yes , she has got some tickets , a , she 's made some and erm hoping those who ca n't come will buy ticket at least , but if they would bring a bottle you know , something for the prizes er erm they do n't pay for coffee , biscuit . |
| 7 | ‘ Though your Majesty 's affections may be very well known as to religion , ’ he urged , ‘ yet it may be expected that you should say something for the world 's satisfaction . ’ |
| 8 | Grammar is not just a collection of sentence patterns signifying nonsense , something for the learner 's brain to puzzle over . |
| 9 | Something about a farmer 's wife ? |
| 10 | ‘ You , Constable , said something about a conjuror 's patter . ’ |
| 11 | Obviously the way it tumbled — nay , cascaded — down on to the Gyggle chest had close associations with those prophetic beards that lingered in my memory from many hours of tilted observation in cathedrals and museums , yet something about the beard 's rigidity , its apparent inflexibility , said Assyria , Sumeria . |
| 12 | Then Ben remembered something about The Winter 's Tale . |
| 13 | However , the decision to make this assumption explicit in [ 18b ] does convey something — something about the speaker 's assessment of the hearer 's processing resources , and hence something about the speaker 's assessment of their relationship . |
| 14 | However , the decision to make this assumption explicit in [ 18b ] does convey something — something about the speaker 's assessment of the hearer 's processing resources , and hence something about the speaker 's assessment of their relationship . |
| 15 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |
| 16 | Right then , all comments on the second , I know we 've got any other business coming up , but I mean Ken 's offered a sort of er word of praise for Tracy , anyone bursting to say something about the secretary 's report . |
| 17 | Each tail movement or posture tells us ( and other cats ) something about the animal 's emotional condition and it is possible to draw up a ‘ de-coding key ’ , as follows : |
| 18 | [ Op paras ] I enclose with this letter , the following : ( a ) a leaflet explaining the position regarding costs and the funding of your claim ; ( b ) a leaflet explaining your entitlement to Legal Aid ; ( c ) a leaflet explaining entitlements to welfare benefits ; ( d ) a brochure briefly explaining what happens next in Personal Injury cases ; ( e ) a short brochure explaining something about the Firm 's other services . |
| 19 | He had lived with miracles and wonderments all his life , ever since his uncle had told him something about the family 's history and the eternal presence of Seth in their lives . |
| 20 | Now this is a good idea , and in fact there 's a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that geologists and astronomers who know something about the earth 's atmosphere have looked into to suggest that this is quite a feasible mechanism for the formation of prebiotic molecules . |
| 21 | Er those things should include well something about the box erm next next day or whatever I can find . |
| 22 | And there was still something about the place 's atmosphere that she found unnerving . |
| 23 | The matrix therefore represents the cross references between what is seen and the constructs that come to be applied in making sense of the experience and , by recording these , it is able to illuminate something of a person 's way of thinking and responding . |
| 24 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 25 | To some extent advertising was something of a gentleman 's game . |
| 26 | Without a real , head-knocking manager of his programme , the administration continues to live in something of a fool 's paradise . |
| 27 | He and his wife were about to undertake a trip to America and Australia , which in the event developed into something of a busman 's holiday as he was persuaded , perhaps not against his will , to address numerous meetings of trade unionists on the West Coast of the United States and elsewhere . |
| 28 | Now of course from the special school point of view they will say well many efforts are made to attempt to bring community life into the school and to have children erm or give them experiences in the community , so that you provide both a sheltered environment and also the opportunity to learn in the wider community , and this debate is something of a dilemma erm I do n't know that any body can give a definite answer to it . |
| 29 | The sheer number of sets required per week made this story something of a Designer 's nightmare for Raymond Cusick . |
| 30 | 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 . |