Example sentences of "there 's [adv] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with the young doctor who tries to help Raskolnikov , the voice of the underground man has become more accessibly funny : ‘ I admit there 's scarcely such a thing as a normal human being . |
| 2 | Erm , I was n't aware that Linda , erm , was a good cook , she 's been tell me she 's a good cook , I was n't aware of that , because in one her drawers there 's normally half a tea cake , a scone or whatever you like . |
| 3 | Well there 's already half a tape full of Charlotte 's bodily functions . |
| 4 | O K , if I could actually show you a way where there 's not such a problem today , how would you feel then ? |
| 5 | ‘ In Australia you are not supposed to have a cleaner or someone to do things for you , there 's not such a class distinction . |
| 6 | Mind you , I 'm not saying as that 's what she 'll get for the asking , and I 'm not saying there 's not many a man as 'll hand over his pay-packet unopened , but there 's enough of the other sort to give us a bit of a breather Thursdays . ’ |
| 7 | I feel now , erm just from talking to people , that there 's very much a feeling of er a torpor , erm a kind of hiatus of waiting for something to happen , waiting to be moved out , looking forward to that . |
| 8 | I think there 's about half a pint left . |
| 9 | Scotland could n't manage more than a tweak of the giants ' noses , but showed that there 's still such a thing as going down with honour . |