Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] be [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Is that is that the Council or is that the playhouse .
2 He seemed to wake with a cry that was half a snort .
3 When she saw he was awake she made a sound that was half a sob , and buried her head in his shoulder .
4 A lurcher has all the necessary speed to catch and seize any speeding rabbit or even hare , but in truth virtually any dog that 's half a dog can catch a bolting rabbit during ferreting .
5 wro , right then , eight o'clock , eight thirty , that 's half an hour in n it , er we 'll have to turn it off then , er leave out the news and then put Casualty that 's half an hour , that 's an hour yeah , we 'll have to knock out , just knock out the news because otherwise you 've got
6 They can be used on Sega hardware but are half the price .
7 Erm , but what I 'm really thinking , is somebody looking actually into the sickness and is this a question of long-term sickness or are we dealing with outbreaks of flu .
8 My opera was performed yesterday , the 13th , for the first time and was such a success … the whole theatre was so packed that a great many people were turned away …
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