Example sentences of "[noun] it [was/were] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock , and I said as much as I leapt into the air . |
| 2 | coffee shop it was something like |
| 3 | Every day it was something else . |
| 4 | but Mrs the other day it was something like two o'clock , Mrs said to her , she went to lunch one till two Mrs oh have you had your lunch ? |
| 5 | Cos that was St Petersberg catholic ladies guild or something and another day it was something like I B M or whatever you know . |
| 6 | Finally it was put to the vote , and while I can not recall the actual figures it was something like forty in favour of the UK proposal , about thirty abstentions and just one ( Bulgaria ! ) against . |
| 7 | And I sat and last week it was something down here . |
| 8 | And I had a catalogue the other day from a , an environmental erm agency it was n't Greenpeace it was something like that that were ac actually now offering these soap savers that we used to have in the war to press your bits of soap into Magazines were full of tips for saving fuel . |
| 9 | and I think it was something like , say twenty pound , it was on the market , but I have a feeling it was something like thirty odd |
| 10 | Yeah , I think that we need to look into more depth the issue of the County Farms estate , we agreed from the start it was something that could not be rushed , and we had to , the principle question that needed to be answered was that was there a viability for County Farms or role for County Farms in the nineteen nineties . |
| 11 | Photography is 80 per cent casting , and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face . |
| 12 | It was unlikely , because there were numerous Telfords in the phone book , and in any case it was something she 'd have to risk . |
| 13 | The phrase itself is , by rock standards , quite complex harmonically ( though to Baroque musicians it was something of a cliché ) . |
| 14 | I think this year speaking from memory it was something like fifteen , sixteen percent er , increase this year erm , but er , we 're getting to the stage now where it 's , it 's getting into profit and so we 're quite pleased with the growth there . |
| 15 | No doubt it was something rude ! |
| 16 | In fact it was something of a school for bass players . |