Example sentences of "'s [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he 's singing like a romantic lead . |
| 2 | His 'ead 's hanging in a funny sort of way . ’ |
| 3 | Oh well usually when you get T C P it 's because the chlorine 's reacting with a phenolic compound within the tap washer . |
| 4 | He 's honoured as a national hero , he has a shrine in a Washington Masonic temple , he carried to his grave the tributes and the written gratitude of every president he ever served ( at least one , Gerald Ford , was his informer ; so was Ronald Reagan ) . |
| 5 | But she 's being encouraged in her fightback by a young rider who 's recovering from a similar fall . |
| 6 | he 's when he 's depressed , he 's goes like a raving sex mania , he |
| 7 | The tent bag is handy as it 's designed as a zipped holdall with two carrying handles . |
| 8 | They had spent two nights in bed-and-breakfast accommodation before taking a month 's let on a furnished flat close to Clapham Junction mainline railway station . |
| 9 | Now he 's tipped as a future world champion . |
| 10 | Now it 's been so successful , it 's opening on a permanent basis . |
| 11 | Ball 's booking after a rash challenge on West Ham 's Stuart Slater , takes him over the 31 penalty point mark and earns him an automatic two-match ban . |
| 12 | He 's dropped like a ripe plum into your hand and you fail to recognize the possibilities . |
| 13 | Now he 's operating from a purpose-built wildlife hospital . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's written by a first-class mind . ’ |
| 15 | I think it 's looking at a single event out of context . |
| 16 | She 's looking for a young man and possibly a young woman . |
| 17 | Mm , yeah , sounds like she 's looking for a paid holiday . |
| 18 | She 's looking for a good situation . |
| 19 | An SJ-20 would be a good choice for the all-rounder kind of player who 's looking for a healthy amount of out-and-out acoustic oomph from an instrument without sacrificing much in the way of tone quality . |
| 20 | He knows that he 's looking for a one-way result . |
| 21 | The Divisional Officer for the N U R , covering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , Phil McGarry says he 's looking for a fair deal : |
| 22 | ‘ He 's living in a whole houseful of them . |
| 23 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 24 | He 's prepared for a hostile opposition . |
| 25 | ‘ Faye 's prepared for a big baby , in any case , ’ Belinda said . |
| 26 | It 's made from a hardwearing fabric and can be wiped clean from the trials and tribulations inflicted on it by the rough and tumble of everyday use . |
| 27 | The best one he 's made in a long time , I 'd say . |
| 28 | Nigel 's felt like a damp facecloth . |
| 29 | It 's writing with a felt-tip pen |
| 30 | Maureen as an ambulance driver and Pat as a rescue man were badly needed , but Anne 's firewatching at a large store was less essential and it was decided that she would stay with her mother . |