Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the carol festivals are on and there 's one at Thaxted , which might be quite nice , actually , erm it 's on the same page , the previous column And someone 's just taken a driving test at ninety one . |
| 2 | This is played from the Critical Parent where someone is apparently praising a job well done but spoils the effect by pointing out a relatively insignificant imperfection . |
| 3 | He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've also found ourselves looking at other aspects , like eldercare , which is increasingly becoming a problem for people who work . |
| 5 | And then there is Euro Disney , which is fast becoming a synonym for Eurodisaster . |
| 6 | His death has affected a nation which is already facing a crisis of identity , as Moscow refuses to recognize its independence . |
| 7 | Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles . |
| 8 | Perhaps next year we shall discuss flagship problems and decide that each boat must belong to a producers ' or other organisation , which is then allocated a quota from the United Kingdom TAC . |
| 9 | Northumbria remained rich , politically stable and intellectually gifted enough under Aldfrith and his immediate successors to enable that creative synthesis of Celtic , Anglo-Saxon and Mediterranean art — which is so striking a feature of post-conversion Northumbrian civilization — to achieve its maximum expression in the renaissance of the late seventh and first half of the eighth centuries . |
| 10 | A WHITE daffodil with a long cup , which is still awaiting a name and which was raised by Mr Clive Postle , has won the prize for best bloom at this week 's Westminster Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 11 | A paragraph , on the other hand , has its main point or direction indicated in the opening sentence , which is sometimes called a TOPIC SENTENCE . |
| 12 | ‘ Nobody 's ever given a member of staff here flowers before , ’ he observed with a twinkle . |
| 13 | Well no , no , erm but would n't know if you saw one , you people only tell us but , but nobody 's ever seen a ghost in there so |
| 14 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 15 | She 's already missed a couple of days . ’ |
| 16 | She 's already taped a bit in the common room . |
| 17 | Well she 's already put a hole in the exhaust and a dent in the front |
| 18 | ‘ She 's already doing a novena for me because of the Good Sex Guide she 'll be praying forever when she sees this show . ’ |
| 19 | Well she 's probably sharing a room with the dogs ! |
| 20 | She 's probably enticed a man with a beard and a lot of snotty children away from his wife , and she 'll be shacked up with them in a mobile home on the outskirts of Llangollen , cooking beans and magic mushrooms and playing the flute and moaning about the artificial restrictions of society . ’ |
| 21 | Right erm do n't believe what she just said cos she 's just telling a load of lies right ? |
| 22 | She 's just talking a load of old bollocks . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's just having a grumble , ’ he reassured Philip . |
| 24 | She 's here to do a course care and . |
| 25 | She 's almost wearing a dress ’ , ’ Go on kid ! |
| 26 | got these little beetles in her flat and she thinks they 're cockroaches and she 's absolutely having a freak out . |
| 27 | My Mum has it — I do n't think she 's ever bought a cassette before . |
| 28 | Find out if she 's ever thrown a race . |
| 29 | ‘ I think she 's actually doing a medicine round . |
| 30 | She 's hardly eaten a thing since she got here , and last night I went into the kitchen and found her looking terrible . ’ |