Example sentences of "[pron] 're [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would just to say , I think women , women are such victims of the fashion industry and I think there 's a lot more hype surrounding th the bride than there is surrounding the groom and er I think erm , you know th a lot more thought needs to go into the whole thing , there 's so much pressure on young people , particularly girls and there 's sa , so much idealism around the whole thing erm , and and there 's a lot of alternatives to marriage , you know , and this is discounted as th , the woman over there said , about being referred to as Mrs , particularly when you 're over a certain age if you 're not married . |
| 2 | Boston and Impressionism when you 're onto a good thing … |
| 3 | If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much . |
| 4 | really hate is when you 're on a crowded train and you 're all getting on the train and someone else who 's getting off lights up a cigarette and |
| 5 | you 're on a sticky wicket . |
| 6 | You just ca n't envisage , you know , why and how they managed to afford such extravagant graves , and it 's like on two sides of a road , on one side you can only go in , and if you 're on a guided tour , erm , otherwise you 've got to , be like , somebody to do with the grave . |
| 7 | And if you 're on a weight-loss diet , the risk of missing out on vitamins is even greater . |
| 8 | Well she thinks you 're on a high dose , you 're not , you 're on an okay dose . |
| 9 | You 're at a romantic stage . |
| 10 | With Jupiter travelling through your Sun sign , you 're into a progressive phase , and this month you should start to move forward . |
| 11 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 12 | " You 're worth a great deal now , but yes . |
| 13 | You 're of a different calibre . |
| 14 | you 're like a bloody mole |
| 15 | Damian lunged after Tony , his face dark with rage as he bit out thickly , ‘ You 're like a bloody wasp , stinging at me — driving up in your red sports car , honking your horn , taking her dancing all over town , kissing her behind my back , sending me a painting of her half naked for my wedding present ! ’ |
| 16 | There 's no heart , no life in you ; you 're like a cardboard cut-out and you want to work on it , Kate , because you 're not getting any younger , are you ? |
| 17 | You 're like a small drop of water wearing away at a stone . ’ |
| 18 | You 're like a blooming dog , one meal a day . |
| 19 | You 're like a bloomin' jack-in-the-box , you are . ’ |
| 20 | You 're like a big kid most of the time . |
| 21 | You 're like a restless bird in a cage . |
| 22 | you look like you 're in a drunken stupor do n't you ? |
| 23 | You 're in a mild state of shock . |
| 24 | " You 're in a right state with yourself , are n't you ? " declares the official . |
| 25 | So you 're in a marvellous position . |
| 26 | They might or might not ask spot the point , they may or may not answer the right questions , but you 're in a marvellous point of view , position , to actually be able to spot angles . |
| 27 | Harold you 're in a terrible mess and |
| 28 | Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood . |
| 29 | play it when you 're in a good mood , cos songs like that you |
| 30 | But if you 're in a general branch such as I am , which is made up from people of all sorts of industries that have come together because none of us are large enough to have a branch within our own industry on our own , then which section do we go to ? |