Example sentences of "something very [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Something very like a shriek , hastily cut off , sounded in a basement , but Colin Campbell , looking back to see if the dog was following , heard nothing .
2 Mr Hardiman 's large pink face convulsed for a moment into something very like a smile .
3 The keen eyes narrowed suspiciously , and something very like a glare marred the erstwhile good humour of Lady Merchiston 's taut-stretched features .
4 His European diplomacy had been a triumph ; he had sealed something very like a partnership with Mikhail Gorbachev ; he had reason to think that a deal on the Uruguay round of the GATT would be completed by Christmas .
5 For instance , most players will admit to taking to tablature in a very big way ; it 's easy to decipher and you can play something very like the part in question almost immediately .
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