Example sentences of "something about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he says something about the formal appeal of this sculpture to twentieth-century Western taste , because of its freedom from the canon of realism : |
| 2 | Kapuscinski generalises : ‘ the degree of consciousness that drives one to demand justice or do something about obtaining it has n't yet been reached . ’ |
| 3 | Something about that visit to the oculist in Salisbury with Marcus , he wrote . |
| 4 | Something about those magnifying glasses laid out in rows . |
| 5 | ‘ The IMF will not lend any money unless India shows it is doing something about putting its house in order , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | There is also something about him which suggests that he is not unacquainted with evil . ’ |
| 7 | Kept saying something about building a parade of really modern shops . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , yes — was n't there something about a wrong prescription last year ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I think you 're forgetting something about old Locombe-Stapleford . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You , Constable , said something about a conjuror 's patter . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Is there something about my work that 's been bothering you , Headmaster ? ’ |
| 12 | Try and get a dual flight on the airfield so that at least you know something about the airfield and its surrounds . |
| 13 | And all parents need to know something about them in order to help protect their children from danger , now or in the future . |
| 14 | ’ Seek help from someone who knows something about building and plans . ’ |
| 15 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
| 16 | ‘ We must do something about this exhibition , ’ Jay said , with the very English concentration of one commenting on the vagaries of the weather . |
| 17 | There was something about the firm set of her body that Jay knew instinctively : she was a survivor . |
| 18 | They prepared Cameron for his appearance in the High Court of Justiciary by one final interview , a dry recapitulation of what had been said before , with the slightest of hints that it would go well for him if he divulged something about the United Scotsmen , who evidently still preyed on their minds . |
| 19 | But Anne said ‘ Frank , there 's something about you in the paper . |
| 20 | Unless you do something about it you will be losing money — money you could have invested in new equipment , or better marketing , or taking on more employees . |
| 21 | It enables the scientist to say something about the internal experiences of others without the tedium of having to ask the subjects themselves . |
| 22 | All of these observations of correlations between ERPs and different kinds of behaviour , including phenomenological reports , may tell us something about mental representations and the cognitive processes generating them , but they can tell us nothing about whether these representations and processes are conscious or unconscious . |
| 23 | Each cell had its own stimulus requirements and when it became active this said something about the nature of the event or object in its own part of the visual field . |
| 24 | Something about Englishness and its effect on you ? |
| 25 | Harriet 's explaining that she gives a service , something about helping people realize their dreams . |
| 26 | Each dance should arise naturally from the context and reveal something about one or another or all the characters in reaction to a series of situations . |
| 27 | But if you 're prepared to learn how to do the wiring and to do the ‘ building ’ work ( and redecorating ) involved , it 's not difficult to improve the lighting arrangements in your home by fitting new permanent lights , and by doing something about the switching set-up . |
| 28 | Their value for the reader lies in enlarging or changing our perceptions , in helping us to break out from a deadening routine ; in short , the carnivalesque : ‘ The prophets of extremity put up a distorting mirror against our world — but one which properly attended to , can tell us something about that world , and about the possibilities of changing it , or changing ourselves . ’ |
| 29 | The student would need to read as widely as possible in different kinds of poetry , to learn something about literary history , genre , and convention , and to acquire the practical-critical skills of close reading . |
| 30 | My present feeling is that any one who can not feel the beauty of their melody had better confine his criticism to prose and leave the discussion of verse to those who understand something about it … . |