Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [prep] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's in piling a bloody list ! |
| 2 | In other words it 's about buttonholing a large crowd , together , instead of chasing them individually . |
| 3 | It 's worth hiring a heavyduty cutting jig if you have a lot of quarries to cut ; ordinary cutters are n't strong enough for the job . |
| 4 | wrong with it , it 's worth buying a new one . |
| 5 | Well if they 're doing that then we s we 're looking to make this a dual carriageway on the Richard principle that if it 's a trunk road it 's worth building a dual , a dual carriageway . |
| 6 | For joining wood : Talking of hammers , it 's worth adding a small pin hammer to your tool kit , for driving small nails , glazing sprigs and the like . |
| 7 | This is an important area for wildfowl during the winter months , and if the tide is coming in it 's worth finding a comfy place to sit and watch the geese , ducks and waders feeding at the water 's edge , gradually being pushed closer by the tide . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's worth having a separate print run for that is n't it ? |
| 9 | It 's like watching a proper programme . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily . |
| 11 | Forget what it 's like learning a long part . |
| 12 | Maybe it 's like driving an expensive sports car : you ease through city traffic , choking on fumes and endless queueing , and then you finally edge out onto a motorway , you drop down into a stronger gear , and you press the accelerator . |
| 13 | It 's such a want when they have been there so long , that it 's like losing a human being . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's like grasping a slippery fish or a greasy pole . |
| 15 | It 's like putting a blind man in a fast car and telling him to drive where and how he likes . |
| 16 | It 's like winning an open championship but at senior level . |
| 17 | ‘ I like to hear the sound of voices in my house ’ and ‘ It 's like having a good chat ’ were the kinds of response given to audience surveys of radio and TV in the 1970s . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's like having a real thing , ’ chimes in another . |
| 19 | It 's like having a perpetual Christmas Day and not even having to thank Santa Claus . |
| 20 | It 's like having a permanent party in your own home . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's like climbing a five-bar gate wearing skis , ’ said Nicky , ‘ but if the ice collapses under you the skis support your weight . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's like saying an all-woman band are just vaginas on stage . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's like saying an all-woman band are just vaginas on stage . |
| 24 | But it 's like carrying a hot-water bottle strapped to me ! ’ |
| 25 | It 's like running a big house . ’ |
| 26 | It 's like tying an old sock round your neck when you 've got a sore throat . ’ |