Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Mm , mm he 's a cowboy int he ?
2 She 's a vicar 's daughter but it 's alright , he 's praying for me . ’
3 It 's a vicar 's house , and thousands and thousands of pounds were spent and one wonders , you know , really whether this was the right moment , you know , the piquant moment to be doing this when we have in our streets men and women who erm are in desperate need .
4 No the erm none of your papers to the committee concentrated on the the compensation er proposals from the Good report , and as you know it 's a scheme er which is proposed to be restric restricted to losses ari arising from fraud , theft and intentional misappropriation of assets and is just up to a limit of ninety per cent .
5 But I mean that 's a child 's expression and that 's
6 . Come on , up , up , I do n't know if you had a visit or not , up darling , good lad , mind your tail oh thank you , I got the wrong bag , I think there 's a policeman 's helmet under the seat
7 There 's a bloke erm Sharon 's dad bought erm my brother-in-law 's Citroen off him
8 ‘ There 's a gambler 's remedy , ’ Singer said , ‘ the equivalent of hair of the dog .
9 ‘ Mr Angel Clare — he 's the one who 's learning milking — he 's a parson 's son and thinks a lot and does n't notice girls .
10 ‘ It 's a friend 's house , really , ’ said Sam , rather wishing to tell him that her own house was even nicer .
11 ‘ It 's a lady 's privilege to change her mind . ’
12 Thank you that 's a lady 's offer at five fifty and that 's six eleven , thank you .
13 Because by God she 's a great'un int she ?
14 Sammy 's a boy 's name .
15 Yeah it 's a boy 's .
16 It 's a chairman 's very pleasant duty to thank you all .
17 where you take the animals , you come out right , and there 's a butchers i n't there ? , cross over road , big shops on corner , it 's on that block
18 IT 'S A gardener 's WORLD
19 It 's a metal erm
20 Sue Lloyd Jones is ideally qualified to teach farm-based tourism — she 's a farmer 's wife and a business studies lecturer .
21 Once a week instead of dinner there 's a farmer 's buffet .
22 ‘ She 's a repair-dog 's bad dream come true ! ’
23 ‘ It 's a girl 's thing , riding , ’ he said .
24 ‘ But it 's a girl 's part , ’ said George .
25 ‘ Oh ! that 's a girl 's job ’ , ‘ only women do the typing ’ , or ‘ get a man in to fix that machine ’ , are all examples of language which stereotypes .
26 By Josh , but Josh that 's a girl 's name .
27 It 's a love re really .
28 It 's a baker 's day .
29 erm I think and what I 'll try and do , I 'll try and bring erm , I 've got two on the Thursday and I 'll try and bring them forward to the Monday , cos Monday 's a baker 's day is n't it ?
30 It 's a Fool 's Paradise to think that a ruck will be won , the ball moved down one channel , another ruck won , over to another channel and then finally over the try-line .
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