Example sentences of "[be] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 So got a special pass because you 're a firearms officer which is essentially deals with your authorisation to have a gun and reminds you of the law .
2 If you are a Windows user who wants to be able to use your dBASE format files ( and applications ) under Windows , you will not find it very easy .
3 There may either be a personnel officer who interviews all staff for a fairly large company , or there may be one person who will be so closely involved with the new employee that she/he seems the inevitable person to carry out the interview .
4 He 's a carpet-and-slippers man who would be happy to run the firm as it has always been run . ’
5 There 's a tenants hall which is very brightly painted .
6 That 's what it er seems like erm if there 's a police car you can bet your life the chances are there 's gon na be another one or an ambulance if there 's been an accident .
7 ‘ Spielberg is a games fanatic himself and has a hands-on involvement to ensure the final result is as faithful as possible to his original idea .
8 One thing 's for certain , Horton is a bollocks manager who could n't inspire fish to swim .
9 My husband and I bought Millie as a companion for Mac , my Standard Poodle , and for my peace of mind , as my husband is a police officer who frequently works nights .
10 He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’
11 His memories of the period are a mixture of Glasgow patter-merchant and re-cycled Hollywood cool : he was a Blues Brother who had never been to Chicago .
12 She was a forceps delivery which found more bearable than dear , little 's Caesarean .
13 Toney 's friend was a police superintendent who played at Birkdale .
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