Example sentences of "was something do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 2 | Victoria knew her Uncle Donald was something to do with the Queen 's castle , and that Aunt Rose was her father 's sister . |
| 3 | Beauty , I thought , was something to do with the way a face betrayed character . |
| 4 | Presumably it was something to do with the way that Jenner approached his work . |
| 5 | I think it was something to do with the place . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm none the wiser , unless his work was something to do with the Hell Fire Club . |
| 7 | ‘ But you think it was something to do with the slander ? ’ asked Pascoe . |
| 8 | If Steen had been murdered ( and he had no cause to believe that that was the case ) , then it was something to do with the Sweets and the blackmailing business . |
| 9 | It was something to do with the year of the Prophet 's birth , or the year in which he had gone to or come from Mecca or Medina , but Robert could never remember which . |
| 10 | All this was something to do with the manuscript . |
| 11 | I think it was something to do with the 9–1-1 formation West Ham adopted . |
| 12 | Harold , through to the first quarter-final of his professional career , said : ‘ This is obviously my best ever win , and while Stephen did n't play well I like to think it was something to do with the way I played . ’ |
| 13 | On reflection she believed it was something to do with the way she looked — her casual dress . |
| 14 | So Penny rang those numbers to find out where it was and it was something to do with the council or something . |
| 15 | Well it was something to do with the little boy . |
| 16 | I wondered if it was something to do with the change . |