Example sentences of "be something [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , there must be something behind it for the police to go that far . |
| 2 | In fact Wittgenstein 's famous dictum concerning the meaning of a word lying in its use was never designed to mean that if enough people said something there must be something in it ! |
| 3 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 4 | This is a pity , because the few scientists who have gone into the matter in rigorous detail have concluded that there at least might be something in it . |
| 5 | I have a sensation of heat as I approach the fire ; but when I approach the same fire too closely , I have a sensation of pain ; so there is nothing to convince me that something in the fire resembles heat , any more than the pain ; it is just that there must be something in it ( whatever this may turn out to be ) that produces the sensations of heat or pain . |
| 6 | The point is not lost on developing countries : if the rich countries think the strategy beneficial , there must be something in it for them too . |
| 7 | there might be something in it yes |
| 8 | I think this idea that these magazines are read only by the young is totally wrong , er , elderly women go to the libraries and the Mills and Boon 's section is one of their favourite places , its got more stock there than any of the more serious fiction , so there must be something in it that is satisfying their need for romance perhaps . |
| 9 | Despite himself , Dougal began to wonder if there might be something in it . |
| 10 | So there must be something in it . ’ |
| 11 | We thought that there would be something in it , but instead there were just bland generalities . |
| 12 | Well there must be something in it because I feel so relaxed these days I ca n't get |
| 13 | the people of the press thought there could be something in it for them , if they , if they kept quiet . |
| 14 | It 's an unusual day cos he 's got to have create a good impression with the boss you see , the area manager , there might be something in it for him . |
| 15 | First , there was the fact that the crucifix is mentioned in documents as far back as the 1500s , and since what was visible clearly was later in date , restorers reasoned that there must be something underneath it ; then there were the traces of thirteenth-century paint at the foot of the cross . |
| 16 | I knew that the altar was only an old chest freezer with a sheet thrown over the top … but … there could be something inside it . |