Example sentences of "[pron] 's [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Someone 's made a right pig 's ear of them , and that 's a fact .
2 SOMEONE 'S SUGGESTED a clever little wrinkle that a buyer of Mirror Group Newspapers might be able to employ , were the purchaser to have a pension fund with a substantial surplus .
3 ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’
4 Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers
5 ‘ So she 's to see a head man , is she ?
6 Cor she 's getting a fluffy coat is n't she , now ?
7 She 's getting a twenty five pound voucher for doing this from Marks and Spencers .
8 From what you said on the phone , she 's kept a low profile too , which is lucky .
9 She 's buying quite a cheap one I think she 's buying a million
10 She 's wearing a fabulous black silk sheath dress and satin shoes .
11 She 's wearing a yellow paisley dress and she smells of flour .
12 She 's wearing a slinky black mini-skirt and slinky black top , but it is not , apparently , erotic enough .
13 She 's wearing a white dress .
14 She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church .
15 So she 's spending a third on stationery , she 's saving a third and the other third has got to be split up between
16 Frustratingly , the habit persists even when she 's holding a strong hand .
17 This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) .
18 Comic look at American racism in MRS DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY , where Katherine Hepburn shocks her family with the news she 's to wed a Jewish doctor .
19 She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’
20 Mistakes — she 's made a few , but growing up in public was never easy .
21 But she 's made a miraculous recovery , and has now been allowed home .
22 I do n't remember it being that much last year , but she 's using a different board this year so maybe that 's something to do with it .
23 She 's invited a close friend she wants us to meet .
24 Look at that she 's scoffed a Picnic bar , now she 's scoffing a bloody Crunchie !
25 A girlfriend of mine had the bags under her eyes removed but , two years later , she 's acquired a new set .
26 and she 's took a whole lot of Mandy and Neil !
27 She 's doing a good job on sorting this Huerter thing , too .
28 But I think she 's doing a good job of bringing Thomas up I must say . .
29 ‘ I gather she 's making a great success of the English branch of the business . ’
30 Cos she erm she 's throws a wobbly quite often do n't she ?
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