Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah but you know what I mean dad , it 's only a seaside thing is n't it ? |
2 | You just wan na measure the volt , it 's just a test meter is n't it ? |
3 | I think there 's just a Registry Office is n't there ? |
4 | Yeah , let's kick some ass man , what do they call a blow job cos , it 's not a blow job is it ? |
5 | He 's not a stud dog is he ? |
6 | Where what is now a carriage museum was once a woollen mill where the red shirts for Garibaldi 's army were made . |
7 | The thing is this is n't a credit card is it ? |
8 | Well it is n't a bus service is it , you know ? |
9 | The only control that is n't a membrane switch is the parameter change dial , which BOSS refer to as the ‘ Shuttle Dial ’ . |
10 | This is where a phase book is most important . |
11 | I suppose the , the example of that is where a house wall was pushed in by the , the mass that was thronging outside the Brunwick gates . |
12 | Probably the most studied biolayer is where an enzyme layer is used over an electrochemical transducer , producing an enzyme electrode . |
13 | The pillowcase on what was obviously a chair cushion was also presumably his . |
14 | One dog who was already a UK champion was exported to Ireland : Ch. and Irish Ch. |
15 | But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas . |
16 | Whether an equivalent car would be made available to a company secretary who was not a family member is a question of fact — perhaps depending on the size of the company and customs in the particular trade . |
17 | They are part of a captive market , for every other outlet in what was once a shopping promenade is now burned out , abandoned or both . |
18 | Anyone who was n't a wheels-on railwayman was demonstrably stupid . |
19 | TIME was when a slide rule was the ultimate in classroom one-upmanship , but these days , it seems , no pupil should be without his , or her , robot . |