Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 2 | Yeah I 'm sorry I 'm a little bit late but , you know , I just wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turnings cos erm |
| 3 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 4 | Why I 'm very positive about this I am a rheumatoid arthritis person , have been since I oh I do n't know happen to be in my fifties I think . |
| 5 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 6 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid I was a little bit bossy in those days , ’ she admitted contritely . |
| 7 | However , it is this which is a possible disjunction between the instrumental presuppositions of the survey and various theoretical conceptions of the phenomena that are the subject of social research . |
| 8 | School librarians can also use programs such as Dbase 2 which is a flexible database management package which can be used for acquisitions and other purposes . |
| 9 | Objections to the deposit plan have been received concerning two adjoining sites at the northern end of Skelton , topic area D thirty nine which is a paddock , and topic area D forty which is a small field between the paddock and the A Nineteen . |
| 10 | John Ellis , who was Under-Secretary of State to William , had one brother who was a Secretary to James and another who was a Catholic bishop . |
| 11 | Place 's first master had three daughters who were prostitutes , a son who picked pockets and another who was a different sort of thief . |
| 12 | In the end , the question of whether a function is a public one is a political question which may not always be answered in the same way . |
| 13 | Well this one is a wee bit I think . |
| 14 | This one is a five lever , which is probably the most standard . |
| 15 | Unlike other dinosaurs this one is a real softy . |
| 16 | This one is a German/French co-production shot in Poland , and written and directed by Polish-born Agnieszka Holland , veteran of several script collaborations with Andrzej Wajda . |
| 17 | This one is a particular favourite with my catering business . |
| 18 | This one is a Chinese Pruce . ’ |
| 19 | But this one is a running specialist . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , dear , ’ said Francis , ‘ This one 's a real puzzle — no , I 'll let you see for yourself . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ My , this one 's a strapping brute ! ’ |
| 22 | This one 's a little bit of ornamentation . |
| 23 | ‘ This one 's a big tipper , Miss Ellen . ’ |
| 24 | This one was a joint invitation ; alongside Pete 's name was that of Alina Peterson , the Russian girl 's newly-adopted identity . |
| 25 | A man as handsome , as powerful , and as used to getting his own way as this one was a dangerous man to know . |
| 26 | This one was a big strike . |
| 27 | This one was a leaking valve . |
| 28 | Telephones in the middle of the jungle do not come cheaply — this one was a portable satellite telephone , complete with dish , costing the journalist £10 a minute to use . |
| 29 | Inside was a jumble of pieces of paper , the top one being a red demand for payment of a large telephone bill . |
| 30 | This pseudo-cleft structure would signal that the first part ‘ we are attempting to draw something in this book ’ is given and the second part ‘ this something is a general picture ’ is new . |