Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I yeah , he got this , this er must of been a good metal detector you know |
| 2 | Well I , I 'm a right family man I am . |
| 3 | I 'm a very absentee Pro-Chancellor I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | To be a good government officer you must be able to put up with these frustrations . |
| 5 | yeah he 's one of the few doctor 's that 's not seemingly not all for what he can get , he seems to be a genuine caring chap I mean a lot of doctor 's they burn the candles at both ends |
| 6 | So if England are to prosper against what will be a packed Turkey defence they must heed their manager 's advice and shoot to kill tomorrow , with Gascoigne , Shearer and Pearce firing the bullets . |
| 7 | It 'd be a full time job I should say , possibly one or two posts and perhaps even more than that . |
| 8 | Where the adjuster feels there is likely to be a valid subsidence claim he should appoint a Consulting Engineer promptly to carry out the necessary investigations . |
| 9 | And they reckon what , what it , that 's all it 's going to be a three hour test I do n't agree with putting a child of that age through a test I mean there 's none of this nursery pick out who is slow on what , where , why and when , who 's good at something who 's , who 's not so good at it , erm apparently and er , put a seven year old through this exam , find out what they 're good at and what they 're not , well the teachers obviously are n't doing their jobs very well . |
| 10 | Maybe if you were a clever rivet boy you you could get more wages . |
| 11 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
| 12 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 13 | If only there were a little chocolate bar we could give her . |
| 14 | ‘ And you do n't let scruples about his being a married man trouble you , I hope ? ’ |
| 15 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 16 | It 's very , very mild , it 's a mild curry mix we had . |
| 17 | There 's a small Regency table I 've got my eyes on . |
| 18 | There 's a grand bit ham I can see on the tables down there . |
| 19 | I think it 's a great programme mind you . |
| 20 | There 's a long draft report I would like you to do , by lunchtime if possible . |
| 21 | Yeah I mean if you get erm , I 'll tell you what actually , because it 's a two hour slot I can in one slot get them to y'know and th we 're not in a great hurry cos there 's usually a few spaces left over at the end of the term . |
| 22 | It 's come from Miss Dawn who wants her car back it 's a red Escort Laser it 's bright rosso red and it 's got a bit of rust on the driver 's front wing and red paint on the exhaust . |
| 23 | But if it 's a proper removal job we 're doing then yes we would . |
| 24 | Now say , there 's a social work contact we 've got in York , who 's |
| 25 | I think it 's a ten year period they 've taken and th the er source is as much the a sort of a residual figure that comes from the Registrar General 's mid year estimates , nineteen ninety one . |
| 26 | Yeah there 's a white scottie dog I saw . |
| 27 | For the time being , we have to assume that it 's a single line kite you want ( multi-line stunters come in Chapter Eight ) and , without any prior experience , you have n't a clue where to begin . |
| 28 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
| 29 | We have got to balance environmental issues and economic issues , We 've got a coal field that is a successful coal field it has a severe problem . |
| 30 | Lot number two Lot two is a Japanese ivory carving we 've got that showing for you for seventy five pounds at seventy five pounds , eighty , eighty five , ninety offered I 'm offered ninety pounds and I 'm selling it for ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty a hundred and thirty for you sir , coming in at one thirty in the back row , one thirty and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds . |