Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to admit , she 's better than a kick in the wot-nots ! |
| 2 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 3 | And as she 's five and a bit weeks old , it 's five weeks |
| 4 | Four : she 's straight and a mummy . |
| 5 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 6 | One 's one and a half . |
| 7 | That one 's two and a half . |
| 8 | two , there 's two and a half |
| 9 | Gillis accepts , against the advice of his chair-bound agent ( Miranda Richardson ) , but soon discovers that there 's more than a movie at stake . |
| 10 | Well it 's better than a kick in the teeth is n't it ? |
| 11 | Incidentally , it 's better than a railway hut , and perfect for a party . ’ |
| 12 | It 's better than a letter to hear her voice . ’ |
| 13 | A grand view of Horse Guards Parade — oh well it 's better than a view of John and Norma Major . |
| 14 | He says that when burning oak powder it 's possible that a spark could have gone astray . |
| 15 | I think it 's possible that a lot of the women here are saying no because of the stigma that 's attached to the word feminist feminism . |
| 16 | It 's ironic that a prostitute can get a hotel room by bribing someone but if you 're a respectable woman you are likely to be arrested if you even try to get through the front door . |
| 17 | Well I suppose that 's not bad , it 's over four , it 's four and a half |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 19 | It 's impossible and a waste of time . ’ |
| 20 | It 's nicer than a satsuma really . |
| 21 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 22 | It 's nice as a Minister to be able to do this , to look after your own patch . ’ |
| 23 | Independent advice er comes from major brokers , the banks and building societies have come out of independent advice pretty well , because they 've decided that it 's expensive and a hassle , cos we 're regulated all the time and of course it makes , we 've , we 've got to analyze the products on the market , so we 've got to pay people to do that . |
| 24 | As a sport it 's safer than a lot of other outdoor sports , including rock climbing . |
| 25 | But I do n't feel as if , I mean it 's it 's not the most pleasant thing in the world but it 's certainly fucking sa it 's safer than a lot of their more easier to put on and take off than and fucking safer and more effective than a lot of their contraception devices . |
| 26 | ‘ I think it 's critical that a solution is reached which enables companies , that are not of sufficient size to go onto the full list , to have some marketability , ’ said KPMG partner , . |
| 27 | It 's an emotive issue and raises questions like whether it 's appropriate that a company such as Daimler-Benz which played a major role in the Third Reich , should be allowed as they want to , to build their headquarters near Hitler 's bunker . |
| 28 | I think it 's nine and a bit now |
| 29 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
| 30 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |