Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's too high-spirited a girl for that . ’ |
| 2 | Some say she has long fair hair , others that she 's as dusky a beauty as you 'd find among the pieds-noirs ! |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | To their credit , The Cherrys are more to do with cartoon frenzies than the slick professionalism which seemingly warrants a Spin front cover at the drop of a bobble hat , but it 's as hollow a victory as Linford Christie 's Olympic Gold in the absence of Carl Lewis . |
| 5 | They 've got to shut something and it 's as good a candidate as any . |
| 6 | It 's as good a way as any . |
| 7 | It 's as good a theory as any to explain it , because lord knows I never intended this to be anything other than a business arrangement . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think you 'll find it 's as good a time as any . ’ |
| 9 | I hope it 's as good a game as today 's was . |
| 10 | She traces the roots back in time ; she covers some of the more obvious ground ( with chapters on Happy Mondays , the Stone Roses etc ) ; she rights some wrongs ; she flirts with some myths ; she gives a platform to some of the previously unsung instigators ; she dumps a few reputations ; and , though imperfect , it 's as reliable a guide to current Manchester music as you are likely to get . |
| 11 | For Rachel and Maggie , it 's too good a chance to miss . |
| 12 | It 's too nice a day to talk , but Clint , Craig and I talk anyway , buzzing on the warmth of it all . |
| 13 | It 's too poor a soil . " |
| 14 | ‘ It 's too high a price to pay for the moon , ’ Nan had said . |
| 15 | ‘ But it 's too high a price . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's too beautiful a day for you to go on Mr Gajduseking me the whole while , ’ he cut her off in easy fashion . |
| 17 | Erm and i also need to be concerned that the health authority I think is claiming that this merger will actually give them a better erm size population for research purposes for for purchasing , however , I think that it may well be that particular health needs , people in West Essex and Harlow in particular which has , for example , a rapidly ageing population and therefore needs facilities had not been planned into the town by way of health erm , that those statistics , those pockets of need are going to get overlooked in a much more large and vast disparate statistical picture , stretching from Hertfordshire right across to the coast I think it 's too big a sample and we need to make sure that our specific needs are n't going to be overlooked in all that . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's asking too much , it 's too big a step . |
| 19 | ‘ Do they think it 's too big a risk ? ’ |
| 20 | It 's too tough a race , ’ he revealed . |
| 21 | It 's too valuable a book to be left lyin' around . ’ |
| 22 | He 's too important a client for me to tell you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If he 's as good a detective as he is a poet , he 's a dangerous man . |
| 24 | ‘ He was tremendous against Mark Wright — and when you consider he 's as good a centre-half as any , you just know Deano need fear no-one . |
| 25 | John Cleese wants to clean up the town — and he 's as good a sheriff as we 've got . |