Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [is] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By the way just for the tape she 's a right fuck .
2 Bradley Star is a very nice horse he 's a classy performer this one , Josh Gifford 's horses are in tremendous form and I was talking to the man who who rides him Deckland Murphy he 's my next door neighbour he thinks he 'll run a big race .
3 Play allowed to continue , forwards towards , he 's had a good game tonight if it 's even if it 's not his regular position he 's been pushed there by and as a result it 's a free kick to Shrewsbury Town .
4 The species will take the usual foods but bear in mind it is a robust fish and needs an appropriate diet — earthworms , beef heart , mussels , prawns and bits of chicken are ideal .
5 I do n't disagree I mean I I again it 's a key it 's a key element to actually formalizing the training in that I mean , if you 're going to do it properly , it all fits into you know
6 he 's a reject he 's a real reject .
7 When you take notes during the interview it is a good idea to do so a short while after the relevant moment has passed so that the candidate is not aware of what prompted you to write .
8 For additional effect it is a good idea to have a large pair of sunglasses and a summer type holiday hat .
9 He says in effect it is a new machine — the parts are the latest available , and the original machine they were going to buy is now obsolete .
10 Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver .
11 If the embryos have taken so much trouble to have so well-defined patterns of cleavage it is a reasonable expectation that the cleavage pattern may be involved in specifying cell fate .
12 ‘ If there 's no wind it 's a fine day ! ’ is a Shetland expression , and to me it is especially relevant because not only does it affect the movements of birds and animals , but it makes them so much easier to see on the water .
13 On the economic side it is a fair bet that there will be a public spending squeeze ( sooner rather than later ) , with defence and social security reviews ( though neither will be given such titles ) .
14 Mummy it 's a clever letter .
15 But in its victory over bureaucracy it 's a great tribute to all of them , and a rich example of life 's most enduring maxim .
16 Yesterday Slaven said of Colin 's ambitions : ‘ Everyone can dream and he may get his dream it 's a strange game .
17 The first one relates to the child who broke into my car , I wo n't call him a child he 's a bloody toerag as far as I 'm concerned , who broke into my car has been given a caution , a bloody caution .
18 At Londonderry there has been a similar type of growth around a trans-shipment point but because it is further from the mainland it is a smaller centre , of about 90 000 people .
19 I said well what you do in your private life it 's up to you if you want to get drunk and you want to spend money then that 's fine but once you step over that clock tower I said and you start interfering with my work it 's a different thing , I said well I 've and I 've just said nothing because although you ai n't worked right , at least you 've sort of you 've work in this factory sort of in the morning , you 've got over it but
20 To its enthusiasts hunting and especially fox hunting is more than a sport it is a national institution enjoyed equally by all countrymen and I emphasis all countrymen .
21 Who 's that stupid woman with blond hair she 's a right git .
22 Of course she 's a fucking Protestant , a name like Jessica .
23 Well it 's actually just basically the team it 's a new position that they 've actually made within each team now , within each division which is like , you 're dealing with higher accounts but a different type of account as well .
24 Hopefully , he will pull through although at the moment he is a perfect illustration that rugby league 's vaunted reputation for picking talent and making hard-headed business decisions is so much hot air .
25 It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase .
26 Well at the moment it 's a dry room come tool room
27 At the moment it 's a dead heat in his battle for attention with his five-year-old sister Carly at their home in Caerphilly .
28 What with continual air raids ( seven times a day ) and the presence of 109 's about the place it is a logical conclusion that our chances of survival are not very high .
29 Like most advertising jargon it is a slight misnomer , since it almost always means , at most , that your advertising is the main advertising at that time , in that medium , for that product category .
30 This was the first time there has been a flower show at Hampton Court Palace , and in my opinion it is a wonderful innovation which I hope will become an annual event .
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