Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , obviously that s all I can say — Kuemann ( ? ) has a good strike too etc , but look at that company … all allegedly world class players … youd expect them to have a half decent free kick : - ) All those players are acclaimed too . |
| 2 | It 's loud it 's loud . |
| 3 | It 's corrective you see now this is the idea of it |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't have to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the dish rack and then take the cutlery out of its little plastic box and then put it in the cutlery drawer making sure that the spoons go in one compartment and the knives in another compartment and the forks in another compartment except there are always forks in the spoons compartment and knives in the forks compartment when you get there so it 's hopeless it 's always too late to get things right it 's a total frost honestly is life you are a lot better off dead in my opinion . |
| 5 | When other meat is scarce they are not above eating carrion in an advanced state of decomposition , which suggests that their olfactory system is not particularly sensitive . |
| 6 | He says when it 's complete he 'll contact traders and address their greivances . |
| 7 | But it 's vain You write what you want to hear . |
| 8 | ‘ If it is alive we might be able to help . ’ |
| 9 | Coun Cussons has asked the police to step in to remedy the situation , but Cheshire 's Chief Constable , David Graham , says there is little they can do to persuade landlords to let younger drinkers back in . |
| 10 | Several local PPLs , who have to go to him , have complained about this exorbitantly high fee , but it seems that there is little we can do about it . |
| 11 | There is little we can do . |
| 12 | Once started , there is little you can to stop them , and the damage increases greatly in September . |
| 13 | If parents do not accept your role there is little you can do . |
| 14 | The world is headed into chaos , child , and there is little you or I can do to stop it . ’ |
| 15 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 16 | However , I think Steven Micklewright has summed up our concerns very ably , and there is little I can add at present . |
| 17 | There is little I can say . |
| 18 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 19 | Lewis said : ‘ I was n't at Yarmouth and there is little I can say . |
| 20 | But notice that in order to respond effectively the defender must now twist all the way back , because sideways-on there is little he can do to score . |
| 21 | In closed systems an individual 's position is largely ascribed : often it is fixed at birth and there is little he or she can do to change status . |
| 22 | Although Russia , along with the Ukraine and Belorussia , opposes this plan , there is little it can do to stop it . |
| 23 | However , for a horse shut in a small yard , or especially a stable , boredom is very distressing as there is little it can do to break the monotony , and it will become anxious . |
| 24 | ‘ Because if they do , it 's possible they might discover that they 've only got their zombi gas for about another twenty minutes . |
| 25 | It 's possible they killed him ( even though the police in England were convinced his death was an accident ) . |
| 26 | Even if he 's not there now , I suppose it 's possible they might know something . ’ |
| 27 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 28 | God it 's possible we had one . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's possible he 's listening to every word we say . ’ |
| 30 | A senior detective said last night the murderer was a ‘ lunatic who kills for kicks ’ And he added : ‘ Unless we find him it 's possible he 'll attack someone else . ’ |