Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’ |
| 2 | From what you said on the phone , she 's kept a low profile too , which is lucky . |
| 3 | She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church . |
| 4 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 5 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 6 | But she 's made a miraculous recovery , and has now been allowed home . |
| 7 | She 's invited a close friend she wants us to meet . |
| 8 | A girlfriend of mine had the bags under her eyes removed but , two years later , she 's acquired a new set . |
| 9 | and she 's took a whole lot of Mandy and Neil ! |
| 10 | She 's delighted a local team has won . |
| 11 | Now she 's started a local group . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil . |
| 13 | She 's paid a hefty £10 million for Braselton ( population 300 ) in Georgia ! |
| 14 | Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Because she 's retained a nai¨ve faith in human nature . ’ |
| 16 | When she outgrows her cot , it is important for her developing limbs and back that she is given a new bed , not a hand-me-down that has been shaped by somebody else 's body . |
| 17 | Londonderry mother Frances McGinley said today she intends to camp outside the Waterloo Street Housing Executive office until she is offered a suitable house . |
| 18 | As soon as she is married and enters her husband 's family and clan group she is considered a potential source of danger , because her sexuality remains still incompletely controlled and its beneficiality as yet not proven through child-bearing . |
| 19 | I do n't think I 've heard him speak before , he s got a great Yorkshire accent for a Welsh lad . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't work hard enough at marriage — it 's remained a huge sadness to me ’ |
| 21 | Roger Kelly is convinced that there are enough people to invest in the centre : ‘ Five years ago this would have been a pipe-dream , but with the rise of the ethical investment movement it 's become a real possibility . |
| 22 | It 's become a major part of my job . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's become a big problem , bigger than just the problem facing us , ’ said a Williams team insider last night . |
| 24 | It 's become a life-long commitment , although I 'm not complaining . |
| 25 | And in recent weeks it 's become a daily chore , as more and more birds have been brought in from the nearby Gloucester Sharpness canal . |
| 26 | It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit . |
| 27 | She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet . |
| 28 | And it 's made a lovely edging for a wooden tray , coated in varnish once the paste is dry . , . |
| 29 | It 's understood a new report will say there 's no evidence it works better than traditional methods . |
| 30 | It 's cost a vast amount of money and time . |