Example sentences of "something [to-vb] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Veronica would be working on something to go with the brown shoes and the cardigan . |
| 2 | Something to do with a hundred times the amount is n't it . |
| 3 | At first he thought that the flash of light had been something to do with a passing car , possibly a reflection . |
| 4 | Am I being completely cynical in thinking that the Government 's announcement about the great increase in public expenditure has something to do with a general election ? |
| 5 | It had been something to do with a young girl being held against her will on a secluded stud farm , and there had been a mention of witchcraft and drugs . |
| 6 | You 're a very busy lady I know and I also believe that your area 's got some fantastic ideas for the seventy fifth , something to do with a special cake recipe . |
| 7 | It 's something to do with an extraordinary oddity in British history , compared to world history generally . |
| 8 | Neither at Syracuse nor at Cyrene did the native element , which consisted partly of nomads ( JRS , 1978 , p. 224 ) , much influence the quality of Greek culture , except that the need to impress the Libyan locals may have had something to do with the long survival of the Battiad kingship . |
| 9 | ‘ Something to do with the Second World War , Superintendent , which happens to be an area I 've written about myself . ’ |
| 10 | It 's probably something to do with the Froggy Davies business . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe it has something to do with the curious outlook he had on life . |
| 12 | Maybe it had something to do with the other dreams — the dreams of dead , dark lands and of huge , brilliant webs , stretched out like stringed beads , burning in the darkness of the sky . |
| 13 | It might be something to do with the two four foot tanks in his hallway or the huge 6′ × 2′ × 2′ Tanganyikan set-up in his lounge , housing among others , some fine Frontosas . |
| 14 | Are you something to do with the two idiots who had a try at me earlier this evening ? ’ |
| 15 | Something to do with the average height of tombstones , he supposed . |
| 16 | The fact that Limone is so relaxing may have something to do with the proven fact that statistically , the residents of Limone live longer , with lower incidents of stress or heart disease ! |
| 17 | That has something to do with the indefinable thing called talent . |
| 18 | This generally has something to do with the actual failure , but it is possible that the fault is not accurately reflected in this message , so do n't assume that the problem is pin-pointed precisely every time by these messages . |
| 19 | ‘ Something to do with the middle ear . |
| 20 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 21 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 22 | It 's thought that the weather has something to do with the renewed joyriding . |
| 23 | It may be that the disjunction , for most modern English speakers , between abstract terms and concrete imagery has something to do with the complex foreign origins of the English language . |
| 24 | He stared at those closest him , trying to make some sense of the complex chains of symbols , then shrugged ; it was an alien language , all this , yet he had a sense that these shapes — the spirals and branching trees , the clusters and irregular pyramids-had something to do with the complex chemistry of the human body . |
| 25 | It had something to do with the black market and ration-books and the Men From The Ministry . |
| 26 | The disproportionately large numbers of recruits from Cheshire , and the martial reputation that the men from that county acquired , may have something to do with the successful recruiting drives organized by the Black Prince , who was Earl of Chester as well as Prince of Wales ; but it also , perhaps , reflected the problems of underemployment in a predominantly pastoral society . |
| 27 | It 's something to do with the new computer age of technology and space invaders and everything else . |
| 28 | They suffered from bronchial diseases — even the children — and Jane made herself unpopular by suggesting it might be something to do with the ubiquitous air conditioning . |
| 29 | That was what it was , a fit , during which something in her burst and she lost control of herself — or perhaps it had had something to do with the terrible heat . |
| 30 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |