Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [be] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I say , sir , ’ said Pickerage , looking up at him with his Puck face , ‘ do n't you think that 's a bit exaggerated ? |
| 2 | Do you really think that was a coincidence-gravity pulling on the Shuttle harder like that so both of you end up doing exactly the same thing ? |
| 3 | As Coward says , ‘ the problem is that of understanding the position of women as a sex without presuming that being a sex entails forms of natural behaviour and position ’ ( 1983 : 3 ) . |
| 4 | Director Peter Medak makes the camera focus on Vi 's fierce motherhood , so one understands this was a world dominated by women . |
| 5 | I say that 's a draft coming across us ! |
| 6 | It was a game they could win only by losing ; every possibility checked and found empty was a point gained , and with every one discarded their spirits rose towards optimism . |
| 7 | Then I heard about the idea of a set of stamps and it seemed this was a way to recognise his work . |
| 8 | Usually , all that seemed necessary was a notice announcing the site was protected , and occasionally some repair or the setting-up of a plain iron ‘ unclimbable ’ fence . |
| 9 | ‘ I know this is a solution favoured by many farmers but the EC Commission would not allow us to ignore the entitlement of male calves out of dairy cows , ’ said the ministry specialist . |
| 10 | County highways chairman Dave Walsh replied : ‘ What Trafalgar House might call grandiose is a scheme to improve the safety record of that area and at the same time allow the comprehensive development of the area to facilitate any industrial or retail use . ’ |
| 11 | I think that 's a point to pick up on actually . |
| 12 | ‘ I think this is a decision based on a cost-cutting exercise . |
| 13 | And in my view , and I think this is a view shared by the county council . |
| 14 | But he said that is a pittance compared to the tax dodging at the top , that 's it 's billions ! |
| 15 | Said this is a test ignore , this is a test and there was sort of like keying in |