Example sentences of "be [verb] something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 2 | The salutation seemed to open infinite possibilities , and expressed a recognition of his right to travel ; he felt welcomed , and also saw that he had been given something of inestimable value . |
| 3 | The hound had been given something of Sir Henry 's to smell so that it would pick up his scent and follow him . |
| 4 | I gathered from the locals here that Leeds have been given something around the 2,500 mark so I expect they will go quite quickly . |
| 5 | I gathered from the locals here that Leeds have been given something around the 2,500 mark so I expect they will go quite quickly . |
| 6 | Twin humbucker guitars are enjoying something of a rebirth at present , thanks mainly to the players who are treading that particular path ( I 'm thinking of Nuno , Satriani & co ) and having played Strat derivatives for so long , it 's easy to forget just how good a neck humbucker sounds at full throttle . |
| 7 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 8 | Hereford are staging something of a mini revival this year inching their way out of the gloom at the bottom of division three . |
| 9 | From the times of the original Glasgow Harbour at the Broomielaw in the 1660s , the atmosphere of the Clydeside had been acquiring something of the West Indies , the South China Sea , the coasts of Africa and India , and all the magic , terror and richness of the seven seas of the world . |
| 10 | At school , she had been considered something of a ‘ character ’ — a freak by her enemies , an eccentric by those loyal to her , or touched by the high voltage of her need . |
| 11 | Miami 's new-born Murk label that has been causing something of a stir on these shores of late , enough at least for Network to wet their oars and row straight for a licensing deal that sees three of the label 's best tracks to date brought together for a sampler EP . |
| 12 | But I think we 're seeing something in the Forest side we have n't see for what twelve fourteen years are we . |
| 13 | That 's right , if you 're organizing something like that and thinking about it from now , this is only the first of September , but |
| 14 | ‘ It seems to me that both you and Peter could have done with the friendly shoulder of a mother to pour out your troubles to — you 're reliving something from your past . |
| 15 | And he said leets what you 're hanging something on them ? |
| 16 | ‘ We 're recapturing something of their earlier experiences with a cruise around North Cape , skirting the Barents Sea and into the White Sea port of Archangel . ’ |
| 17 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 18 | In your opinion if you 're offered something like that you should have your own mind and if you want to take it that 's your problem . |
| 19 | Normally you would n't be seen dead doing a knees bend keeping your back straight , but if you 're getting something off the bottom shelf you wo n't look ridiculous at all . |
| 20 | You sign this piece of paper , you feel as if you 're scrounging , you 're getting something for nothing . |
| 21 | Yes yeah they played quite well but I thought we got our game together after the goal and created a few chances ourselves and er if we keep that going we 're get something from this . |
| 22 | Let me borrow your coat a minute , I jus , I do n't know if he 'll do it , he usually does it if you 're wearing something like that coat . |
| 23 | But mainly these diseases have now been er controlled if not completely eradicated and as a result the world 's population is er is likely to zoom up as you can see right off the top end of the , of the graph and we 're expecting something like eight billion people er and , and still rising at the end of the , of the century and it 'll be some time way into the next century before the world 's population actually starts to er er to level out . |
| 24 | Because if you 're buying something like |
| 25 | But if you 're doing something for 7,000 , the costs will be more per person per day . |
| 26 | It helps our children to know that they 're doing something for those children . |
| 27 | They 're doing something at the boy 's school , but we 're not doing anything personally . |
| 28 | Well yes , you 're doing something on your own are n't you ? |
| 29 | And we 're doing something on the character of the Christian , er I ca n't , obedience , , righteousness is one and I ca n't remember what the other is . |
| 30 | ‘ People like to feel that they 're doing something with their savings . |