Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fifteen hundred , ’ Turner said , ‘ but since you 're a friend of Mitch 's . ’ |
| 2 | And I believe you 're a friend of Iris 's ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're a friend of Dr Puddephat ? ’ , she heard someone ask . |
| 4 | Merlyn said : ‘ You 're a friend of Oliver West then , Mr Cobalt ? |
| 5 | I gazed at the picture of the crocodile pool and all I could think of to say was , did the gallery owner give you a discount because you 're a friend of Robert 's ? |
| 6 | ‘ You say you 're a friend of Mike 's . |
| 7 | You 're a kind of Supremo now , are n't you ? |
| 8 | They 're a kind of protest group , I guess . |
| 9 | It 's very expensive to for what it is , I mean it 's fifteen pounds a ticket but if you , if you 're a member of course you get in reduced |
| 10 | if you 're a member of parliament |
| 11 | Even before I got to understand guilt , I used to walk about the house muttering , ‘ You 're a subject for guilt , boy , a subject for guilt . ’ |
| 12 | You feel that you 're a bit of burden on your friends , perhaps , because you ca n't go to the pub and buy a round of drinks , because you 're bit of a drag on a lot of activities which involve spending some sort of money . |
| 13 | And i you 're a bit on edge ? |
| 14 | Now we 're a bit off Christmas , we 've We have had Christmas cards from Norway , Indonesia , Mauritius , Northern Island not to mention the er Scotland and England . |
| 15 | They 're a bit like stone . |
| 16 | We 're a bit like fish , ’ he said drily . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're a battalion of Voltigeurs , ’ Sharpe told Doggett . |
| 18 | ‘ I think we 're a couple of romantics at heart . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're a lady of mystery , full of secrets waiting to be unlocked , but that 's no problem . |
| 20 | ‘ So you 're a neighbour of Fenella 's ? ’ he huffed as he strained up the stairs . |
| 21 | ROS : ( Standing up ) You 're a mass of prejudice . |
| 22 | ‘ Bill , you 're a demon from Hell . |
| 23 | After a long , cold winter they 're a symbol of hope for the new season . ’ |
| 24 | as a fact your hair at the back , do n't tell anybody you 're a hairdresser for god 's sake . |
| 25 | I think they 're a heap of shit to be quite honest ! |
| 26 | They think you 're a field of rape , they 've come to suck the goodness out of you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 're a beggar for punishment , ’ Jos shouted . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're a group of women who are tired of talk . ’ |
| 29 | and as bread winners for your family , and the way we do that is making sure that we have a parliamentary Labour Party of men and women , and that we 're a party of men and women at all levels , and all |
| 30 | Shirley , if sometime in your life er , you need money er , for example , er , you 're in when you 're a start of marriage , and you have mortgage , how will you go to ? |