Example sentences of "there [was/were] something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about the firm set of her body that Jay knew instinctively : she was a survivor . |
| 2 | There was something about the prospective return of Vincent that cheered Rim . |
| 3 | There was something about the girl . |
| 4 | There was something about the care with which he looked into your eyes that was truly frightening . |
| 5 | Elspeth was fair-haired , almost blonde , Rebecca was dark but there was something about the eyes they had in common , yet where Elspeth was grave and silent most of the time , Rebecca , or Becky as she was usually called , was lively and voluble . |
| 6 | In other words , there was something about the situation in which these people failed to perceive pain in spite of obvious injury whose nature they understood . |
| 7 | Perhaps I have been over enthusiastic about this project , but there was something about the schools I visited , and I am no stranger to African primary schools , which seemed to me to provide a recipe for steady progress . |
| 8 | Despite her eighteen years , there was something about the petulant droop of her mouth that reminded one of a spoilt child ; but even so she was strikingly lovely , with her big dark eyes and mass of golden hair , which she wore in a coil at the nape of her neck . |
| 9 | There was something about the way Kelly was speaking that seemed unlike her . |
| 10 | There was something about the Jungle . |
| 11 | It suggested that there was something about the man , some unknown factor which made him slightly suspect in the eyes of the authorities . |
| 12 | There was something about the elegant fist-fighting , swearing , tough little New York-born Italian son-of-a-gun that appealed to the ever-so-ever-so English son of a knight . |
| 13 | There was something about the way she was treating them that still seemed odd to Masklin . |
| 14 | Hari tensed , there was something about the situation that was familiar . |
| 15 | There was something about the movies although not too many people stopped to ask what it was . |
| 16 | Sometimes actually I think ‘ Oh I 'd like to go back to work ’ — to be in that hubbub — because I always worked in the West End and there was something about the atmosphere — being dressed all day … |
| 17 | There was something about the man he did n't trust . |
| 18 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 19 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 20 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 21 | There was something about the way he looked at her . |
| 22 | There was something about the mystery she seemed determined to solve which both excited and enthralled him . |
| 23 | And they had a system where erm they got this information and they It was that they I think there there was something about the time element , it had to happen at a certain time |
| 24 | There was something about the the |
| 25 | And there was something about the girl , with her contemptuous mouth and lolling posture , something strong and indefinable , like a smell , the smell of a bitch on heat . |
| 26 | There was something about the woman which brought out the official streak in Wycliffe and with it the pompous , well-rounded phrases : ‘ I 'm afraid that we shall have to look into your brother 's affairs and into his relationships both inside and outside the family . |
| 27 | Meeting Matthew again after sixteen years of marriage and hearing about the rest of the family — it made me realize there was something about the Glynns … – |
| 28 | There was something about the memory of that evening that made him uneasy . |
| 29 | There was something about the set of her eyes which had n't changed since she was three years old . |
| 30 | There was something about the way he said it , in a tone of calm wisdom , that just for a moment made Lisa curious . |