Example sentences of "was something [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something pejorative about the word , so that to some atonal music meant ‘ non-music ’ , or at least something ugly and unpleasant . |
| 2 | There was something stimulating about the warmed air so heavy with the smells of living . |
| 3 | ‘ Because there was something foul about the set-up at the Jenner Clinic , and they do n't want it made public . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Or what , Liessa ? ’ said the old man ( in this dim light there was something odd about the way he was slumped in the stone chair ) . |
| 5 | There was something odd about the whole procedure because there was no great urgency . |
| 6 | There was something odd about the way the plane was rolling ; one wheel was broken . |
| 7 | But there was something odd about the family |
| 8 | I knew there was something odd about the way you kissed me , and — ’ |
| 9 | Then Laura appeared , and there was something odd in the manner of her appearance . |
| 10 | There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look . |
| 11 | There was something cabalistic about the bandy legs of a road sweeper , who stood with his back to me leaning on his outstretched broom as on a catamaran while he lit his pipe … . |
| 12 | But that boy was different ; there was something nasty about the way he looked at you . |
| 13 | She used to toss her head as she passed me , as if I was something nasty on the roadside that should n't be looked at . |
| 14 | There was something fishy about the whole set-up . |
| 15 | There was something familiar about the checked suit , lit up by the flashing blue light . |
| 16 | There was something familiar about the way the man 's long hair fell at the nape of his neck , and his posture as he knelt in front of a small hoy who was stamping his foot and refusing to kick the ball . |
| 17 | There was something familiar about the feminine umbrella with its orange roses and Spanish flamenco frill that was shaken firmly before the green headsquared figure bent to enter . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt very tense about it — I had a gut feeling there was something awful around the corner , ’ she says . |
| 19 | But I could see there was something monk-like about the space there . |
| 20 | Mendeleev used these relationships to predict the existence and properties of undiscovered elements ; and with the discovery of Gallium , Scandium and Germanium his predictions were found to have been astonishingly accurate , convincing chemists that there was something real behind the arrangement . |
| 21 | There was something creepy about the noises of water and wood that on shore were exciting . |
| 22 | But now there was something new about the way she watched him . |
| 23 | There was something cruel about the smile flickering around his mouth . |
| 24 | There was something sad about the exchange — and a finality that he , by no means , approved of or desired . |
| 25 | For a second I considered whether I might not be able to make a meal from the remains , but , not only was the edge off my appetite , there was something repulsive about the thought of eating carrion , however fresh it looked . |
| 26 | There was something strange about the preacher 's shades . |
| 27 | The general feeling in the town was that there was something strange about the Judge 's House . |
| 28 | But there was something strange in the garden by the fence : a ‘ For Sale ’ sign . |
| 29 | There was something endearing about the way McCray adapted English slang into his American accent . |
| 30 | He wrote in the Times : ‘ Last night in Sheffield , image throttled intellect and a quiet voice in every reporter present whispered that there was something disgusting about the occasion . |