Example sentences of "had [adv] [be] something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her friendship with Antonia apart , she had always been something of a loner and her peers now looked at her slightly askance . |
| 2 | To Branson , Chris Blackwell had always been something of a role-model — someone whose achievements were to be emulated , but also surpassed . |
| 3 | There had always been something of the fairground barker about Mr Broadhurst and during this period he enhanced it . |
| 4 | Rex had always been something of a ‘ leg man ’ and very much of a ‘ foot man ’ . |
| 5 | The first part of Kemp 's day had probably been something like this : |
| 6 | Just before this , there had indeed been something of a re-enactment of 1963 , with demonstrations in the holy city of Qom ending in shooting ; processions elsewhere in sympathy with those killed ; and the imposition of martial law . |