Example sentences of "[conj] something [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why do n't you , ’ she said in the ultra-kind voice she reserved for very recalcitrant children , ‘ get out , put some branches or stones or something under the wheels , then start pushing ? |
2 | Lunch is often a sandwich or something on toast ( like cheese or eggs ) or a pie or pasty . |
3 | It 's not to late to book I think it says something about surcharge after sixth of March or something on the form does n't it ? |
4 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
5 | Won a football pool or something on Ernie ? ’ asked Sister Dew . |
6 | They 'd heard this awful racket you see and they 'd thought it was me coming and falling or something on the stairs . |
7 | Go put a poultice or something on Simon 's eye before he uses up all the raw meat in the kitchen . ’ |
8 | One of them got out the ugliest looking knife that I have seen to cut a piece of string or something on his bicycle . |
9 | It 's said to last for days even this great high that they get when they jump off and leap off these bridges or something on a bit of elastic . |
10 | Now I 'm not gon na bother to put the N sort of equals one to N equals N or something on the top yeah ? |
11 | Jack immediately commandeered two of the men to find a table and some pillows or something on which to rest the child 's body , and with the help of a neighbour he managed to prise the terrified and exhausted mother away from her son . |
12 | There 's a bit of fluff or something on there . |
13 | here , if you want , there , that 'll do , give it a good ru , I think that 's the right one , give it a rub with er , oh no it is n't , hang on , that 's got or something on it |
14 | Oh yes well apparently they normally have a sort of rhythm and blues or something on a , on a Thursday . |
15 | Did n't you get a l a chewy lolly or something on a stick ? |
16 | So if you wan na put like a hundred or something on |
17 | So some how or other you 've got put little bit of oil or something on it . |
18 | but these were are all crumped and I do n't want clumsy ones cos you feel as though you 've got Doctor Marten 's or something on you know |
19 | So what I 'm gon na do , is I 'm going go , give you a list of things that need to go into your diary every week , and I 'll just put the list up , and you perhaps write it under Sunday or something on there , because I 'm going to work on a five day week Monday to Friday . |
20 | Well mum can draw a state pension when she 's sixty or something on what I pay in into the scheme so you |
21 | It 's like , got scrapings out of it and everything and and it 's in this little lovely container or something down my neck ! |
22 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
23 | Thus a more natural way of asserting the existence of men would be by saying " Some living creatures are men " , or something along these lines ; employing , that is , a proposition of the " Some 5 are P " type . |
24 | For an hour or two we trudged about trying to find something more ( or something at all ) to see , and even photograph . |
25 | His eyes were fixed on someone or something at the room 's edge and Lucille , turning to see what had caught his astonished attention , saw the golden girl returning d'Alembord 's gaze with what seemed to be pure poison . |
26 | By this time they had purchased a building which had been I think a a bank or a savings bank or something at Street in Porthmadog . |
27 | The Banker is a riverside pub , converted from a warehouse or something at the end of Cousin Lane , a cul-de-sac tucked under the armpit of Cannon Street station . |
28 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
29 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
30 | And then there 's all this , yeah green or something at the back . |