Example sentences of "be [adv] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I , I been out it a long while now . |
| 2 | When Anne and Joe left the house he said , ‘ Are n't they a nice family , Anne ? ’ |
| 3 | what you suggested how she got in that , oh no you ca n't have that , well she kept coming and she kept are n't I a silly bitch , are n't I silly bitch Bill , and he looked she was taking the mickey out and he said well what , what 's your daughter 's name , she said Jane , as if he was puddled he said no what 's that name ? |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't I a lucky fella ? ’ he demanded of them again . |
| 5 | And are n't you a good girl having your hair cut . |
| 6 | I remember a kindly elderly member of our church saying to Shanti , ‘ Are n't you a lucky girl ! |
| 7 | Are n't you a lucky boy Kev ? |
| 8 | Are n't you a little lady ? |
| 9 | Are n't you a happy bird ? |
| 10 | ‘ You 're such a sweet little thing ’ , ‘ You 're a big boy ’ ( more often thought than said aloud ) , ‘ I got your little report ’ ( sub-text : ‘ from little you ’ ) ‘ What a magnificent office ’ ( sub-text : ‘ and are n't you a magnificent person sitting in it ? ’ ) . |
| 11 | Were n't it a good cake ? |
| 12 | When the Equal Opportunities Commission , in its equality agenda , describes child care facilities as meagre in the extreme compared with the facilities that are available in the rest of Europe , when we know that the women in work to whom the Minister has referred are often forced into part-time work because of inadequate child care arrangements and when we bear in mind his entirely complacent answer , is not it a good thing that a Labour Government are coming who will ensure that child care provision is expanded ? |
| 13 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 14 | If you tell them that to get exactly what they need it 's going to cost them thirty pounds a month , and is n't it a brilliant contract , they 'll probably have that . |
| 15 | ‘ And is n't it a terrible thing to be bringing even more trouble down upon my head ? |
| 16 | In the thirty-six years of which he had conscious memory of Mrs Farr Senior , their relationship had never developed beyond the ‘ is n't it a nice day ? ’ stage . |
| 17 | Of all the ways to commit a murder , is n't it a strange coincidence that Angy was stabbed in the throat , just like she was in the portrait ? ’ |
| 18 | Is n't it a good idea though ? |
| 19 | Is n't it a good job we 're perfect , eh ? |
| 20 | We all shared small talk of the ‘ Is n't it a wonderful day ! ’ nature and several people stopped us to check directions . |
| 21 | Is n't it a wonderful climb ? |
| 22 | Annie nudged her , whispering : ‘ Is n't it a gross over-simplification to say the working class is just divided between the waged and the unwaged ? ’ |
| 23 | Is n't it a fine morning today ? |
| 24 | And is n't it a little moving to think of all these various people being moved by poor old Eddy 's death ? |
| 25 | ‘ Is n't it a beautiful day ? ’ |
| 26 | Is n't it a lovely song ? |
| 27 | Is n't it a lovely conservatory ? |
| 28 | ‘ Is n't it a lovely article ? |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , good and bad , both the same , and sure is n't it a wretched day for anything ? |
| 30 | Is n't it an awful waste of energy ? ’ |