Example sentences of "it be something [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 2 | ‘ You know you 've got to have the work there and on time ; it 's something to aim for . |
| 3 | It 's something to plan for , etc . |
| 4 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's something to do with converting old houses . |
| 6 | Perhaps it 's something to do with my desire for Jack which I 'm checking at every second . |
| 7 | I think it 's something to do with the hormones . |
| 8 | then it 's something to do |
| 9 | I 've always had a yen for married women — it 's something to do with being an only son , I suspect , some sort of Oedipal urge to play Daddy 's part with Mummy — and I knew by experience how much care and tact is needed . |
| 10 | It 's something to do with the energy generated throughout the factory . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's something to do with metabolism — eh ? ’ |
| 13 | It 's something to do . |
| 14 | I suppose it 's something to do with me being happy , being married , knowing where I am : I can see things more clearly now than I used to . |
| 15 | I mean , I know it 's something to do with funding but could you just explain that for me ? |
| 16 | I 've smoked for over fifteen years , and it has become , it 's something to do with my hands and I think that 's what it is with me . |
| 17 | Or , it 's something to do with those guys in the — ’ |
| 18 | The reason for that I understand is that erm the sort of former universities , it 's something to do with the superannuation scheme quite separate so it 's all sort of based on their superannuation schemes . |
| 19 | It 's something to do with the new computer age of technology and space invaders and everything else . |
| 20 | Look , I groaned , it 's something to do with the spiral … ca n't you see ? |
| 21 | I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night . |
| 22 | Most will have a dim idea that it 's something to do with conservation and looking after nature . |
| 23 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 24 | And it 's something to do with getting the num the , the system so you 've got zeros in and I did n't understand what the heck it was on about . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want to pry , Claudia , but it does n't need a genius to know something went wrong between you and Roman Wyatt the other night , and every instinct I have tells me it 's something to do with Dana . ’ |
| 26 | They have n't worked it out yet , but they 're sure it 's something to do with Mrs C. and her damned medicines . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd like to , it 's something to do . ’ |
| 28 | If it 's something to do with music reflecting society 's tends rather than being the voice of treason , then can we rightly assume that most bands of the last ten years have been pro-Thatcher ? |
| 29 | ‘ It 's something to do with bodies , ’ said Nikos . |
| 30 | So do you think it 's something to do with maturity perhaps a child , a child is this wha what do you mean by forgiving ? |