Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we 're a small country now : we ca n't afford big mistakes . ’ |
| 2 | The threateningly titled ‘ Live Vol 1 ’ is easier to live without unless you 're a small convert already . |
| 3 | No they 're a real mix actually . |
| 4 | cos you know they 're a million times ahead . |
| 5 | They 're a long way away . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But they 're a long way away . ’ |
| 7 | And now that they 've retired on half pension , they 're a damn sight better off than they would be in Sydney or Auckland , let alone London . ’ |
| 8 | They 're a damn sight more efficient than this I 'll tell you that for a start |
| 9 | ‘ Thanks ever so , ’ said Dolly gratefully , ‘ you 're a nice bloke mostly . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're a nice bloke mostly . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a nice bloke really , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm not 'olding it against you that you 're keepin' the wallet and all that money to yourself , even if it is rightly mine , like I said . |
| 12 | What was I , oh yes erm , do you find that like maybe like one section thinks they 're a wee bit better than another section ? |
| 13 | Give them the power to choose at the General Election and they will decide the future of the N H S. The future of the N H S is safe with the Labour Party , with your lot it 's privatisation , it 's started already and we 're a General Election away from the end of the N H S. |
| 14 | Well he 's got a lot of fishing equipment and I said you 're a keen fisherman then , all walk in |
| 15 | Oh Moma Parsheen , in that respect you 're a Living Ancestor already . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're a good bloke really , ’ said Dolly . |
| 17 | But you 're a good kid really — you can come and stay with me and the wife , if you do n't mind babies that is … |
| 18 | you because you 're a good way away . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're a terrible man altogether ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 're a terrible woman altogether to be leading a fellow on like that ! |
| 21 | Let's say erm we forget about all that ten pound early and you owed me a hundred pounds , right , and I say erm forget that , just , just take it away , forget it it 's gone , you 're a hundred pounds better off . |
| 22 | because they 're a hundred pound less and then I then , I 'm up a , up a creak are n't I then ? |
| 23 | We 're a few minutes early … ’ |
| 24 | What if you 're a single person only getting thirty nine something ? |
| 25 | Let me ask you then about the good life — you 're a single woman again , are you enjoying every minute of that ? |
| 26 | ‘ You 're a big girl now . |
| 27 | You 're a big boy now . |
| 28 | Up you get , ooh you 're a big lump now , you are getting a big girl . |
| 29 | You 're a little cunt though int ya ? |
| 30 | Admittedly they 're a little bit less streamlined but if you 're going to say that that makes a serious difference |