Example sentences of "something about [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Since some of the issues raised in these definitional discussions and addressed elsewhere in this volume have a bearing on the approach adopted in this paper , it is necessary to say something about them first . |
2 | There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’ |
3 | There 's just something about him that you just ugh . |
4 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
5 | He raised his eyebrows , murmuring something about it depending , surely , on the choice of coffee . |
6 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
7 | There was something about it that was scandalous . |
8 | The face of the Jersey is noticeably dished ( concave ) and there is something about it that is strongly suggestive of the humpless short-horned ‘ Iberian ’ breeds of the Middle East , Egypt and the coast of North Africa . |
9 | There 's something about it that 's delectably … grown-up . |
10 | I hope that the Minister will say something about it this afternoon . |
11 | You said something about it last time . ’ |
12 | Well think , did n't she give up last year ? she said something about it last year on radio , on no smoking day . |
13 | Identifying the environment as a major priority is one thing , doing something about it another . |
14 | But there is something about you that is a bit different to politicians . |