Example sentences of "[conj] something of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely there would have been signs of porpoise tanks or something of that kind on board , and there was only the diving equipment and the submersible research vehicle . |
| 2 | Talking right into the eye of the camcorder lens is either fun or something of an ordeal depending on the kind of person you are . |
| 3 | If the volume is laid on desk or table , place another book , or something of equivalent thickness beneath the upper cover . |
| 4 | What you mean is that we might bang into things or kick a detonator on the nose or something of the kind . |
| 5 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 6 | Another excuse was that he needed liquidity for a property deal or something of the sort , so a complete sell out would be necessary within the next month or so , albeit with the least possible losses . |
| 7 | But Fraser , pressed on the question of value for money resorted to other arguments : " they are more economical , but they are not so satisfactory , they are always going off for sickness of some kind or another , or their mother is ill or something of that kind — that is the greatest trouble , their mother is ill constantly " . |
| 8 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 9 | Erm and the limit was five thousand pounds for one year but I think they only pay half the fees or something of whatever course it is . |
| 10 | You may be thinking of treating yourself to a holiday erm or something of that kind . |
| 11 | With a horse you want that tomorrow morning ; and if you 're going to leave it neglected you 'd have it with sore shoulders ; you 'd have it lame or something of that sort . |
| 12 | ‘ Or something of that order . ’ |
| 13 | " I imagine there 's a dust-sheet or something of the kind in the linen-cupboard . |
| 14 | I suppose you made some noise ; did nobody call out , ‘ Is that you , Matthew ? ’ or something of the sort ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In a shoe box or something of the sort . |
| 16 | The husband had either died or something of that sort , or the husband was unable to work , then the mother would have to work to keep things going . |
| 17 | ‘ Who 's Who or something of that sort ? ’ |
| 18 | Presumably he is about to resign the Whip , or something of that sort , from the Labour party in this place . |
| 19 | He got Humphrey on to some Royal Commission on the training of engineers , or something of the sort . |
| 20 | Whether this was simply false modesty on their part , or something of a more cosmic nature , Cornelius had always been eager to discover . |
| 21 | Chair , erm , every year we try and hold er , an event or something of interest to the local business community , to local industries , and we have contacts with local freight-forwarders , banks and companies that have exported , embassies , and we 're proposing that we erm , hold the event this year on the subject of exporting and how to do it , because we 've had very many small companies that might be clueless and want to know erm , exact nuts and bolts of it , so if we could run an event on that basis , and then use that event as the core of a group to take across in this case , Ireland , but perhaps in the future , Holland , who knows where else , to actually sell , using the services of erm , the Embassy in Dublin , our Embassy and the Chamber , with whom we have very good links , then it would be to the benefit of our businesses . |
| 22 | Chairman , if , if someone does n't come under the regulations and is operating a business or something of that sort , is there the facility for that body , either the management body or the business to ask voluntarily for you to inspect , with a view to issue a , er , erm , a certificate er , erm of er , safety ? |
| 23 | Lord Greene MR stated in Saltman that it is perfectly possible to have a confidential document , be it a formula , a plan , a sketch , or something of that kind , which is the result of work done by the maker on materials which may be available for the use of anybody . |
| 24 | facility for for us to take it up , and er I would like to see may be er some something incorporated , there was one suggestion of a Bramley park or something of that nature was n't there in those suggestions we had , have we still got that one , could you could you just er inform me what it really said ? |
| 25 | or something of that with with some photographs on , |
| 26 | Or something of that sort which might be associated with like , when was |
| 27 | Even the de-activated pistols in the hands of the wrong person in a bank or something of that sort could cause terror . ’ |
| 28 | You can not If you 're in the the House of Commons and there 's a vacancy or something of this sort for a job , I mean we do n't need to invent a hypothetical situation . |
| 29 | Well er sometimes it might be porridge but it was usually just er the and maybe er boiled eggs and er oatcakes and and your dinner 'd probably be tatties and pork or something of that kind . |
| 30 | The boys was trying to play football or something of that kind . |