Example sentences of "[ex0] would be something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were promised , many paragraphs ago , that there would be something about advertising , always a jollier subject than starvation . |
| 2 | ‘ Rebuilding the cab and engine without advice or drawings would be very difficult and I 'm sure there would be something to be gained by appealing for some personal recollections . ’ |
| 3 | If the grains , soy beans and fishmeal , which are used in the feeding of food animals in the developed world , were consumed directly by human beings then there would be something like a ninefold gain in the nutritional spin-off . |
| 4 | We thought that there would be something in it , but instead there were just bland generalities . |
| 5 | ‘ I just filled the silly thing out so there would be something in the files , and they could prove employment in case an auditor ever came in , ’ Mandy had said petulantly . |