Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [det] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 You are all up a bit before your time .
2 As far as much of the rest of the world is concerned , we 're all just a bunch of queers .
3 We 're all just a bunch of crazies , ’ being one of them .
4 But there is that again a confusion So a target that perhaps election by thirds reduces public interest , possibly reduces turn out .
5 Doubtless it 's all just a safety precaution and will come to nothing .
6 ‘ But it 's all just a coincidence ! ’ said Angalo .
7 It 's all just a myth .
8 But erm anyway that 's it 's all it 's all now a few a few months ago .
9 It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best .
10 If it is all just a matter of philosophy , then anyone can voice an opinion on it , and there may be differing views of what ‘ humanity ’ consists of behind it all .
11 It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence .
12 For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise .
13 At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore .
14 It was all rather a relief .
15 It was all just a moment 's mental aberration !
16 It was all just a wee misunderstanding . ’
17 Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ?
18 It was all just a big adventure .
19 Ruth was beginning to feel it was all just a dream ; part of her mind felt detached , quite separate from her body .
20 Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience .
21 It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in .
22 But he was n't frightened , because he knew that it was all just a joke , a little comedy of the kind fathers like to play with their sons .
23 Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions .
24 Meanwhile , a self-declared ring-leader , Paul Taylor , shouting from the roof tops , has claimed that it was all just a sit-in protest that got out of control .
25 He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game .
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