Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] 's [art] " in BNC.

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1 They say she 's a tartar , but I wo n't mind that .
2 But , as I say she 's a modern outlook is a difference from the Queen , I think Queen Elizabeth
3 say she 's a bit depressed and say
4 Say she 's a silly , daft cow , ’ suggested Constance , who was rather jealous of Scarlet 's therapist .
5 ‘ That girl you saw … you say she 's a social worker ? ’ said Iris , brandishing a tablespoon .
6 There 'll be months of physiotherapy but medical staff say she 's a fighter …
7 If they say she 's a one
8 People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big
9 ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’
10 And the whole process is made as simultaneously agonising and amazing as it could be — you labour to give birth , that 's the right word all right , and it 's about as ghastly as possible and then at the end there 's this absolutely wonderful feeling , that the conspiracy has never hinted at , when you hold it and see it and you suddenly realise there 's a whole new emotion you did n't know anything about .
11 I read a lot , Joe , and it appears to me that every man , even every thinking man has always had a different view of the same subject ; the more I read of men and their lives and their ideas the more I realise there 's no black and white in the world ; there 's good points to be found even in the blackest , and there 's some very dark streaks in the so-called saints .
12 I realise there 's no guarantee we could have a baby straight away , of course , but — ’
13 ‘ I expect there 's no bother tonight , mind , ’ said an inspector to a youth in a leather jacket .
14 ‘ I expect there 's a knack to it .
15 FREE OVEN & HOB Right now with every kitchen we fit there 's a free oven and hob .
16 I know I speak for us all when I say there 's no one here who would n't like to be in your shoes tomorrow . ’
17 They say there 's no point in moving her to a hospital .
18 Its disciples talk of new values , its detractors say there 's no such thing as new when you 're a hardened pro — just good and bad , successful and unsuccessful .
19 And I 've , I 've done that and it , there 's not one thing you can point to and say there 's no one in here because it 's several things , altogether , that indicate it , it might have been there 's no car on the drive , there might 've been , there might 've been milk still out .
20 In bringing its fight to the streets of New York , Virgin also hope to win an injunction restraining B A. B A say there 's no basis for the claim .
21 So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along .
22 Worst of all , Management and Personnel say there 's no trace of Summerchild 's dossier at Great George Street .
23 ‘ I always say there 's no time like the present . ’
24 They say there 's no evidence that the land is being damaged , in fact it 's undergrazed .
25 An MP has called for an inquiry into the causes of teenage car crime , but police say there 's no reason to panic .
26 But police experts say there 's no evidence to support that .
27 The prosecution say there 's no dispute that Kelly killed David Nock , only about whether he intended to kill him .
28 Police say there 's no apparent motive for the attack .
29 United 's new owners — the recycling business Biomass — say there 's no evodence that any loan agreement with Phusi was ever signed .
30 But newspaper editors say there 's no way a fair privacy law could be made to work .
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