Example sentences of "something [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiles with the familiar grin I know so well , but this time I see those eyes of loneliness , as if there 's something no-one could understand , hidden by his visage of cheerfulness . |
| 2 | Oh something I would love challenge . |
| 3 | I suspect that my parents simply took my word and my active behaviour as proofs of my essential health , and that my non-eating was something I would grow out of and could therefore be ignored . |
| 4 | I could do that to order ; that would n't be something I would dream of publishing . |
| 5 | It is not something I would dispute with you ; your insistence on a name amuses me . |
| 6 | A spokesperson for Mogul said , ‘ I would not say it could form a cyanide mixture — I would n't say the material was poisonous , although it is not something I would want to drink myself ’ . |
| 7 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 8 | ‘ It was not something I would have recommended my clients to do . ’ |
| 9 | They say that I mean any changes any in temperature are very noticeable so w Like it is working in the middle of winter offshore would be something I would have to come to terms with but no I mean I do n't think there 's any problems work-wise . |
| 10 | It 's not something I would have considered . |
| 11 | It might not be a big demo , or a very good one , but it has a meaning , a message , something I would like to see more of . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's something I would like to do but the big question is which direction to go in . |
| 13 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know about that , ’ she said , ‘ but it 's certainly something I would like to think about . ’ |
| 15 | " Father , there is something I would like so much And she had spoken deliberately with the voice of Amabel . |
| 16 | I take the squad to Holland every year and that is something I would like to see continued but I have other ideas which it may not be possible to put into practice . |
| 17 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |
| 18 | and this , is something I would need |
| 19 | If there is something I might do for you in return ? ’ |
| 20 | It is something I might do again this week , next week or next month . |
| 21 | That 's something I 'll miss when I move , cos paying for it , you do n't , well I know you pay for it here , but it 's all in and |
| 22 | By the time he 's about twelve or something I 'll go when 's your birthday mate ? |
| 23 | Yeah , that Geoff might have something I 'll see if I can erm |
| 24 | talking to your dad some things if if er I do n't agree on something I 'll say , Nay Arthur that 's Aunty Emma is n't it ? |
| 25 | ‘ Leave me your telephone number , and if I do remember something I 'll ring you . |
| 26 | This of course harks back to the much older debate about whether memories can be localized — something I 'll come back to later , ; much of the next two chapters will be taken up with the question of the localization of memory in space and time . |
| 27 | Kent or something I 'll take a chance and I 'll go this way and I went , and I came out there 's a garage on the way to Beckenham . |
| 28 | And it 's something I 'll remember for the rest of my life . |
| 29 | oh dear I suppose really if you want to eat something I 'll get it in |
| 30 | ‘ I think there 's something I ought to say but I 'm afraid it is n't , well , gentlemanly . ’ |