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

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1 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me .
2 But surely the fact that somebody 's of a different generation will erm th th they would have a different
3 Somebody 's in a black mood , they ob were objecting to that .
4 I think somebody 's in a silly mood .
5 She 's on a wee bend , and she down the alley there
6 If she 's on a late .
7 But she 's on a early she can come with him and we 'll go in her car .
8 she 's on a half day , I 'll come with you yesterday
9 She 's on a secretarial course , you know . ’
10 If you 've got a mate , a best mate , and she 's on a different house , you 'll write her a note because you hardly ever see her , and if you get caught for that you lose a couple of weeks .
11 She 's on a full sch music scholarship you know .
12 She 's at a crucial point with her own work .
13 ‘ After all , she 's at a difficult age . ’
14 She 's worth a hundred of a woman like Suzanna , and if you ca n't see the difference you 're a fool ! ’
15 And she 's worth a thousand of your so-called beauties .
16 ‘ Is it because she 's from a rich family and my brother 's only a mechanic ? ’
17 If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate .
18 You can tell she 's in a good mood from the number of bitchy remarks : from Glenys Kinnock 's dress sense ( ‘ Silly girl to be wearing Yves Saint Laurent ’ ) to the election campaign ( ‘ It 's been just like an American election : no ideas ’ ) to John Major 's now certain victory ( ‘ It 's conserved everything we 've stood for ’ — we , doubtless , in the sense of I ) .
19 She 's in a deep coma , ’ Matron said .
20 ( ‘ I heard it said of one of Hitler 's speeches : ‘ Oh , she 's in a right state ’ , ’ the author recalls . )
21 She said , what 's , well she sa she 's in a right , I think West Calder cos I think Jackie told her .
22 And she 's in a nervous state , and … . ’
23 ‘ Some of them have had the same experience , and here she 's in a familiar place doing familiar work and I think feeling closer to Whitey . ’
24 She was told she 'd have to pay a £116 a week for it because she 's in a private nursing home .
25 Mrs Roberts said ruefully : ‘ She 's in a foul mood , Martin .
26 " I do n't know , " she said slowly , " she 's in a strange humour . "
27 She 's in a terrible state and she wo n't let them give her sedatives because of the baby . ’
28 She 's in a terrible hurry .
29 She 's in a terrible state about the whole thing , poor poppet . ’
30 She 's in a grim state .
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