Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Moll , you 're a good un , ’ he said , as he watched her well rounded posterior moving under the thin nightgown . |
| 2 | Oh they 're a fair we , it 's about two hundred some odd miles I think . |
| 3 | And you 've got your you 're a naughty da daddy . |
| 4 | You 're a wonderful s you 're a wonderful speaker but wait til I 've finished . |
| 5 | For example , one woman who was prominent in a demonstration against the removal of crucifixes was heard to shout out : ‘ I am a hundred per cent Hitler supporter and have been a National Socialist since 1923 . |
| 6 | I am a hundred per cent legal these days . ’ |
| 7 | Lucy had n't been a hundred per cent sure with Charlie , but here she felt certain . |
| 8 | And er yes i also , I would think , it 's a little unfortunate this chap happened to have his hand up on that er post there , yo you know , it 's a little bit er ungainly , it 's not sort of a very elegant sort of po I 'm not su suggesting he should pose for you , but I think , maybe had you waited until perhaps he moved his hand out of the way , it might have been a better erm composition . |
| 9 | If that were not enough , there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of people thrown out of their homes because they could not afford their mortgage repayments . |
| 10 | Only Hungary — a superbly well managed economy by CMEA standards — has taken the plunge and restored direction to its flagging reform efforts ( a direct consequence of which has been a 79 per cent increase in the consumer price index between 1979–1983 ) . |
| 11 | There has also been a 10.1 per cent . |
| 12 | In Gloucestershire there 's been a sixty per cent increase in the number of attacks on police women . |
| 13 | Will the Minister confirm that since 1979 there has been a 37 per cent . |
| 14 | According to preliminary results announced on April 1 , with only two of the 71 constituencies undeclared , there had been a 90.5 per cent turnout of the around 3,400,000 registered electors , of whom 98.93 per cent had voted " yes " . |
| 15 | That 's right , yes , and we still do one , perhaps two , concerts a year in Brighton at the Festival , but then we were able to develop from there , which has been a tremendous erm thrill for everybody . |
| 16 | And there had been a 26 per cent rise in the number of people seeking help in the past five years . |
| 17 | There has been a 26 per cent . |
| 18 | As was pointed out to him in that interview , this year there has been a 7.1 per cent . |
| 19 | ‘ The lessons are available to everyone and there has been a 75 per cent take up , ’ said , marketing services manager and one of the participants . |
| 20 | It 's been a classic g case of scoring a lot of home goals here , which the Tories have actually benefited from . |
| 21 | Nationally there has been a 12 per cent drop . |
| 22 | We could then have enjoyed benefits such as those evident in Southend — where there has been a 9 per cent . |
| 23 | There has been a 600 per cent . |
| 24 | Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority . |
| 25 | And they 'd been they 'd been a dead lo they were a dead loss were n't they ? |
| 26 | There has been a 30–40 per cent reduction in the amount of fat on pigs over the last 10 years , ’ says Professor James . |
| 27 | Good example in ninety two if Harlow council had been a whole er whole council election in nineteen ninety two it 's highly likely the Conservatives would have taken control . |
| 28 | The result has been a 51 per cent reduction in waste with the added benefits of lower energy and water consumption , a drop in carbon dioxide emissions and a saving of US$1 million a year in operational costs . |
| 29 | In other words between 1974 and 1988 there had been a 25 per cent reduction in the proportionate use of fines and a corresponding 25 per cent increase in the proportionate use of imprisonment . |
| 30 | The move seemed intended to protect domestic supply — there had been a 25 per cent fall in production in the first half of 1991 [ see p. 38492 ] . |