Example sentences of "be a real [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Wills , ten , bagged a present and smiled : You 're a real sport , Mum |
| 2 | You 're a real matchmaker . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Valentine , you 're a real winner , ’ proclaimed the front of the card , followed with ‘ … and you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm your prize ! ’ as the message inside . |
| 4 | You 're a real turncoat you are . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , I do n't know how I 'd cope as a solo artist because we 're a real support group to each other . |
| 6 | London Scottish may have been out of top league rugby for a few seasons , but they 're a real threat to the cherry and whites . |
| 7 | He said , you 're a real roly-poly did you hear him ? |
| 8 | I 'd say you 're a real asset to the old firm , not to mention highly decorative . |
| 9 | He says they 're a real pushover . |
| 10 | ‘ Mister Tom , you 're a real brick . ’ |
| 11 | You 're a real help to someone like me . |
| 12 | dBase is well worth considering if you 're a real database pro , if you 've got lots of existing dBase applications , or if you 've invested time and effort in building up your dBase expertise . |
| 13 | The 100MHz DX2 will need a 50MHz motherboard , so Atomstyle 's 50MHz unit might be just the thing to upgrade a little further down the road if you 're a real speed freak , but I have the sneaking suspicion that you wo n't either want or need to . |
| 14 | I mean there 's Jody and all those like and they 're a real dipstick , they have balls but that wee kid is just so unbelievably stupid like , he was just like |
| 15 | Unless you 're a real fanatic , you wo n't need shoes specifically designed for the action . |
| 16 | No they 're a real mix actually . |
| 17 | You 're a real de Rochefort , my beautiful Sabine . |
| 18 | Choose the correct driver , make the new selection the default printer and you 're a real star ! |
| 19 | ‘ Look at you , Crilly , ’ I say , nudging him , ‘ you 're a real Jackeen . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're a real contradiction , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Mr Palmer said to me , after he won at Troon , ‘ You 're a real pal , Tip . |
| 22 | We celebrated — just a bottle of beer in those days — and he turns to me and says , ‘ You 're a real pal , Tip . |
| 23 | I am a real wizard ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I hate throwing things out , I am a real hoarder . |
| 25 | ‘ I am a real woman , ’ she said with a puzzled smile . |
| 26 | I love having my photograph taken , in fact I am a real poser ! |
| 27 | Sometimes I am a real power pack of efficiency ; then I hit a bad patch . |
| 28 | If an effective will to de-alienate Northern protestants in their attitudes to the republic existed , and if there had been a real change in the Irish catholic hierarchy 's position on such matters , then they would indeed have taken positive steps to support FitzGerald 's attempt to introduce such constitutional changes . |
| 29 | Maybe modern man is more stoical of nature , or perhaps , and this is more likely , there has been a real change in the symptom-producing capabilities of the gonococcus . |
| 30 | But , had the changes introduced by the Courts Act 1971 not been in place , there would have been a real possibility that the old system would have collapsed under the strain . |