It seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.
We are ready to jump into action, and once we do it is going to be something of a helter-skelter ride.
The city proved to be something of a disappointment.
But there must be something of the clinging vine about women.
Reliability appears to be something of a bugbear for the red Bull team, with Vettel's attempts to challenge Jenson Button for last year's title hampered by crucial failures.
A statistician has to be something of a generalist.
So there might be something of a double whammy happening there if the US had a severe downturn.
Being in the middle of the vortex of noise and chaos can be energizing and stimulating, and it can be something of a cheap thrill to try to hold your own in it.
But this minimalist festive alternative is proving to be something of a hit, according to its sellers John Lewis.
Yet dismissing them has proved to be something of a mistake.
It's a seductive view. But it may yet prove to be something of a white elephant.
It could well be that equilibrium in the pension fund by 2018 turns out to be something of a mirage.
During the election, Barack Obama proved to be something of a trailblazer in using social media tools, such as Twitter, to get his message out and rally support.
And although Jacob appears to be something of an anti-hero he actually literally limps into the Promised Land alone Jacob is a new and honest man.