Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know .
2 When she 's a few months older Thia will be allowed in the same field as the farm 's other miniature , Carlsberg , a stallion .
3 She is a former teacher who has lived on Teesside all her life .
4 Well it 's a neither entity .
5 It 's a neither entity , cos it 's
6 At least it 's a half day today .
7 The rhythm section of Jeff Andrews and Dennis Chambers are just killin' this tune ; it 's a half time triplet groove , and be sure to practise this in all keys .
8 It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for .
9 When your sort of body 's running down anyway , you know it 's it 's a few hours after dinner time , it 's not quite time to go home from work .
10 And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less .
11 Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do
12 Yes , well it 's a few people .
13 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
14 He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’
15 Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use .
16 ‘ Just go down the plaza here , turn right into the old section of the building , and it 's a few doors down on the right .
17 I think it I think it 's a few months to go yet .
18 Yeah but it 's a few weeks yet though .
19 That 's not bad it 's an all time record .
20 Milwall just caught sleeping for a moment can get a good ball in for here and Hendry it 's an own goal .
21 It is a little time when we can talk together , and I encourage her to talk about her father .
22 If we consider an ordinary tree , by the time it is a few years old it has usually acquired a number of little branches , coming out more or less horizontally from the main stem or trunk .
23 I mean it is a few years back but I can remember not long ago it was eighteen P
24 The important fact about a field survey is that it is a once-and-for-all operation which can not be repeated .
25 He is a former Secretary of State .
26 He is a former feature writer for the Daily Telegraph and edited the Sunday Telegraph 's Mandrake column .
27 He is a former chairman of the British Steel Corporation and of Tate $ Lyle plc .
28 He is a former chairman of the Nationalised Industries Chairmen 's Group .
29 He is a former chairman of the Belfast branch of the National Union of Journalists .
30 He is a former chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen .
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