Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I mean she 's over half a stone now is n't she so that 's nice for |
| 2 | And she 'd like come to school and she 's just such a wreck . |
| 3 | She 's too high-spirited a girl for that . ’ |
| 4 | Some say she has long fair hair , others that she 's as dusky a beauty as you 'd find among the pieds-noirs ! |
| 5 | One of the most flattering things ever said to me was by a teacher who said , ‘ Kinnock , I 'd like to call you lazy but nobody who 's as big a nuisance as you are is lazy . ’ |
| 6 | And with the young doctor who tries to help Raskolnikov , the voice of the underground man has become more accessibly funny : ‘ I admit there 's scarcely such a thing as a normal human being . |
| 7 | Erm , I was n't aware that Linda , erm , was a good cook , she 's been tell me she 's a good cook , I was n't aware of that , because in one her drawers there 's normally half a tea cake , a scone or whatever you like . |
| 8 | Well there 's already half a tape full of Charlotte 's bodily functions . |
| 9 | O K , if I could actually show you a way where there 's not such a problem today , how would you feel then ? |
| 10 | ‘ In Australia you are not supposed to have a cleaner or someone to do things for you , there 's not such a class distinction . |
| 11 | Mind you , I 'm not saying as that 's what she 'll get for the asking , and I 'm not saying there 's not many a man as 'll hand over his pay-packet unopened , but there 's enough of the other sort to give us a bit of a breather Thursdays . ’ |
| 12 | I feel now , erm just from talking to people , that there 's very much a feeling of er a torpor , erm a kind of hiatus of waiting for something to happen , waiting to be moved out , looking forward to that . |
| 13 | I think there 's about half a pint left . |
| 14 | Scotland could n't manage more than a tweak of the giants ' noses , but showed that there 's still such a thing as going down with honour . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , it 's not all a bed of roses , ’ she could hear someone say . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not such a fib , ’ he countered . |
| 17 | Mind you , it 's not such a surprise coming from one who is self-confessedly arrogant and opinionated and whose only accolade is that he edits a magazine . |
| 18 | The descent from the second Munro was knee-wrenching , and although it 's a relief to regain the track in the glen , it 's not such a relief to remember how far away the starting point is . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not such a lot to ask ! |
| 20 | Erm so they just kind of stay put and so the dialects thrive because it 's just such a physical It 's in physical and social isolation . |
| 21 | It 's just such a worry though . |
| 22 | It 's just such a rarity to find someone so — so innocent these days . |
| 23 | It 's just such a relief to have found someone ! |
| 24 | It 's just such a shame because th , the one day I knew they were playing it was James ' birthday . |
| 25 | I do n't it 's just such a dilemma . |
| 26 | It 's just such a waste of a life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We got ta go towards that lake , it 's about half a mile . |
| 28 | It 's always such a hassle you 're trying to do something and you 're just gon na have |
| 29 | It 's always such a worry , this sort of thing , ’ said Miss Barrett . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank you , darling , ’ she said and punched me vigorously on the arm to tell me to get lost , though it was half a joke , it 's always half a joke with Dodger . |