Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] 's [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a young horse he 's run a tremendous race . |
| 2 | Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% . |
| 3 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 4 | In Colin Calderwood he 's signed a top class defender , but not on the cheap . |
| 5 | ‘ — at the moment he 's making a beautiful chain for a Mayoress down south . ’ |
| 6 | And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm a great disciplinarian , I 'm tough on politeness and all that , but at the end of the day he 's done a good job on himself . |
| 8 | Comic look at American racism in MRS DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY , where Katherine Hepburn shocks her family with the news she 's to wed a Jewish doctor . |
| 9 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 10 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 11 | Roger Kelly is convinced that there are enough people to invest in the centre : ‘ Five years ago this would have been a pipe-dream , but with the rise of the ethical investment movement it 's become a real possibility . |
| 12 | Britain 's biggest flower show opened today , but for some people it 's meant a special outing for the last two weeks . |
| 13 | I get the feeling he 's turned a blind eye too often . |
| 14 | They 're based on nativity scenes taken from stained glass windows , and for at least one local church it 's meant a thousand-pound Christmas bonus . |
| 15 | Motorbikes from Bejing are being imported into Britain by an engineer , and by all accounts he 's doing a roaring trade . |
| 16 | But we 'll watch very carefully for the three Luxembourgs at the end of the week , just in case he 's planning a fresh revolt on the stage . ’ |
| 17 | In his right hand he 's holding a curved knife with a short wooden handle . |
| 18 | I can not possibly reveal the name of the alleged culprit , because at the time of going to press he 's taken a well-deserved holiday in the ardeche from his climbing wall company |
| 19 | He 'd got high blood pressure , he was n't in any pain he 's living a normal life . |