Example sentences of "[pron] something [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're in a position where we 're going to borrow a bit from next year , that actually puts the pressure on as I see it 's about nine or ten thousand extra this year , the allowance is about a hundred and eighty thousand , the total , erm , we 're adding nine or ten thousand to that , we 're taking it off it for next year , so we 've already got ourselves something like an eighteen to twenty thousand reduction in members allowances next year so the pressure is on to resolve the problem , and er , perhaps Mr might feel that actually that extra pressure might make us resolve it . |
| 2 | Its something like the erm , the legions |
| 3 | To his complete amazement , Frankie found himself something of a minor celebrity among the children of St Andrew 's . |
| 4 | Thought himself something of a political philosopher . |
| 5 | He still considered himself something of a failed journalist ( NME amongst others , had turned him down five times in the early years ) and he often expressed a desire to use his new found influence to move into spasmodic fits of journalese . |
| 6 | The 29-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy and has earned himself something of a rebel tag . |
| 7 | Darwin was himself something of a gourmet , also punctilious in his insistence that ties were obligatory . |
| 8 | Einstein , himself something of a mystic , discovered that time collapses into a ‘ point ’ at the speed of light and was aware that Indian sacred texts — the Tantras — maintain that the soul is a sublime point of the light of consciousness . |
| 9 | During the next few days Stevie was to find himself something of a cult figure . |
| 10 | ‘ Chief Inspector Golding reckons himself something of an expert on poetry , ’ said Miller , with the hint of a sneer . |
| 11 | We shall meet copies in which something of the original beauty seems to live through these disadvantages . |
| 12 | If the Comintern , too , decided that the anti-fascist coalition would be weakened in Vietnam by national independence , itself something of a bourgeois concept , and if the Indochina Communist Party followed suit , no matter how reluctantly , it would at a stroke lose a very significant part of its political appeal . |
| 13 | Besides , Gregory 's preface is in itself something of a rhetorical display , leading to a defence of his use of rustic speech . |
| 14 | Getting British Waterways approval was itself something of an achievement , in view of their reluctance to accept use of towpaths for cycling . |
| 15 | In a provocative comparison of the failures of the French and Russian revolutions , he argued that the problem stemmed from the fact that no class , whether proletarian or bourgeoisie , can become the ruling class without taking upon itself something of the historical role of a ruling class — especially if at the same time it also considers that , history carries within itself its own cure' : |
| 16 | But can I tell you something off the record ? ’ |
| 17 | Although you will be present throughout the ceremony , I fear the later stages will find you something of a poor audience . ’ |
| 18 | I 've told you something of the plan — ‘ |
| 19 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 20 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
| 21 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |
| 22 | It does n't much matter what you wear during the day , but we 'll find you something for the evenings . ’ |
| 23 | If you ca n't , but would n't mind keeping the draft till you 're in Prague ( it 's good for six months ) , it may be less of a hassle cashing it there , especially as the bank in Brno may charge you something for the transaction . |
| 24 | Lie back , and I 'll give you something for the pain . |
| 25 | I know you do it for the good of us but I still like to buy you something as a thank you . |
| 26 | And if a company has n't filed accounts at all when it 's supposed to have done , that should tell you something about the organization of the company . |
| 27 | I could tell you something about the , if you 've got the |
| 28 | Finally , there are simple conventions that need explaining : not all pupils will know that the two words printed at the head of a page tell you something about the alphabetic range of the words on that page . |
| 29 | To tell you something about the work of other college staff . |
| 30 | It told you something about the standard of the England game when coverage of the Wales game continued until the end , even though we scored 3 more in that time . |