Example sentences of "'s [adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michelle — who 's since qualified as a lawyer and specialises in medical accident cases for Townsends Solicitors in Swindon — sued Wessex Regional Health Authority . |
| 2 | English is finished as a common language , but that 's only according to a Frenchman . |
| 3 | But , if it 's only hanging by a thread , let it fall apart and build something new from the components . |
| 4 | he 's only coming for an hour . |
| 5 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 6 | It 's all to do with a guilt complex . ’ |
| 7 | This is a shame , for although he 's admittedly playing to a club audience , you do n't have to suppress the songs to maintain the groove — and the doctor has proved with ‘ Killer ’ and tonight 's storming version of ‘ Flashback Jack ’ , that he has some potent stimulants in his black bag . |
| 8 | This is a shame , for although he 's admittedly playing to a club audience , you do n't have to suppress the songs to maintain the groove — and the doctor has proved with ‘ Killer ’ and tonight 's storming version of ‘ Flashback Jack ’ , that he has some potent stimulants in his black bag . |
| 9 | The immediacy of the D-18 transfers wonderfully to strumming ; it 's big and it 's grand , but the brightness and the zinginess mean it 's best played with a modicum of right-arm restraint . |
| 10 | The way I see it now , it 's best treated as a problem for Immigration . |
| 11 | Cos half the adults do n't do they , or if they do , it 's normally taken as a sign of severe erm , upset , is n't it ? |
| 12 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 13 | ‘ He likes to be adored of course , and maybe he 's just lobbying for an extension of his fan club , but I would n't have thought he was that desperate . |
| 14 | You 're outrageous you are , you 've got to have the gift of the gab in the first place , that 's just to walk into a shop or office and , my girlfriend 's think that 's what chain |
| 15 | He 's just going for a walk . |
| 16 | It 's just turning into a pattern . |
| 17 | She 's convinced he 's just waiting for a sign to pop over and propose ! ’ |
| 18 | Now there 's a hot-bed that 's just waiting for an explosion . |
| 19 | Remarkably , a record of little more than mediocrity has already lifted Holyfield within one or two fights of eclipsing every man who 's ever laced on a glove in terms of financial reward . |
| 20 | She says it 's the worst smell she 's ever encountered on a Ferry . |
| 21 | So why not celebrate the fact that it 's rapidly coming to an end and invest in a poignant musical reminder of 1992 … ? |
| 22 | Barry is forty two this week , he 's still recovering from a heart attack , but the stress of the last four months have kept him smoking . |
| 23 | The Henley MP could n't give a speech because he 's still recovering from a heart attack . |
| 24 | David , who 's still recovering from a knee injury , says his brief experience of disability has helped him appreciate what others go through . |
| 25 | Ronnie he 's still looking for a job . |
| 26 | We 'll take a break there , in a couple of minutes , the dream may be dented , but Pat Bonner 's still looking for a World Cup place in the States next summer . |
| 27 | After it 's over we cut to another scene and there 's somebody who might be the little guy again and he 's still strapped to a chair but this time it 's a tall hospital chair with wheels and a little fold-away table in front of him and the straps holding his torso would be easy to undo but his hands are limp . |
| 28 | He sounds like he 's still going through a learning process , coming to terms with the fear of losing friends , and at the same time is worried that he 's being misunderstood himself . |
| 29 | And then you 'd have fifty hundredths and it 's still look like a half . |
| 30 | The communications are such that it 's like living in a village . |