Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 You know you th either come back and they 're embracing each other and cuddling and there 're a few tears and everything and er everything 's hunkydory and you start traipsing back in with all the bloody stuff you 've just brought out from beforehand you see .
2 I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glint on snow .
3 All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected .
4 So many exceptions had been made to earlier Navigation Acts by royal licence that it had sometimes looked as if they were intended to raise revenue rather than to direct trade , and in the 1660s there had been a few signs that the legislation which Charles had inherited from the Republic and had then extended might still be treated in the same way .
5 It had been a few months before Roy realised he had married what his mother would have called ‘ a lazy bitch ’ .
6 It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again .
7 It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it .
8 It must have been a dozen years since they were last used .
9 ‘ But there are a hundred referees that take panel games , and two thirds of those are assessed regularly .
10 They are a first-rate journalists and have done outstanding work .
11 → There are a few things that you can try before you bin your guitar , John .
12 There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now .
13 Finally , there are a few killers that have been able to develop a special tolerance for certain poisons , enabling them to eat the noxious prey without ill-effects .
14 Yet there are a few hints that the possibility of specific performance even of these judgments should not be dismissed out of hand .
15 However , there are a few problems that could hamper your enjoyment .
16 I think there are a few others but not many .
17 Moreover , on the far side of the Moon there are a few basins that , if filled , would resemble mare .
18 In any case , the certainty one feels is normally misplaced , although there are a few instances when genuinely creative thinking has been documented as taking place during dreams .
19 As we shall see in Section 3.8 , there are a few instances when even TNF needs further simplification , and Kent ( 1983 ) and Date ( 1990 ) describe these extensions .
20 There are a few songs but mostly the show follows the stand-up format .
21 There are a few men that do it
22 Before continuing with our main theme there are a few points that may need clarifying .
23 Here are a few points that might make the process easier …
24 There are a few occasions where it is absolutely necessary to issue a general instruction .
25 The following are a few ideas that can help to make your practice more fruitful .
26 Since both our link missionary families are in Brazil , here are a few facts and figures about the country .
27 BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is who he says he is , because he is who he used to be , because Dudley Moore is to all intents and purposes Dudley Moore , actor , musician , mascot , clown , then there are a few details and descriptions and facts and figures that have to be mentioned .
28 There are a few shells and worms that have left behind a tracery of trails in what was the muddy sea floor .
29 The above are a few samples that we have collected .
30 ( There are a few theories that suggest that the Earth as a whole is expanding , but none are very convincing . )
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