Example sentences of "[verb] that something of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they , knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements , well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending . |
| 2 | Sensing that something of the sort might be going through his mind , Lesley-Jane interposed , ‘ We were just talking about Micky 's death . ’ |
| 3 | I never got good enough ( or brave enough ) to test her advice out , but , being by inclination an optimist , I would like to think that something of the same logic would apply to the National Curriculum and its tests . |
| 4 | Roughly , and somewhat metaphorically , we can say that something of the following sort goes on when successful communication takes place . |
| 5 | When pressed , he almost conceded that something of the original philosophy of the 1992 programme may have been lost . |
| 6 | I admit they will find that something of a puzzle , but given the low critical standards of provincial audiences , they might hit upon the felicitous conclusion that she choked while in the midst of an exaggeratedly hilarious response to that pathetic farce . |