Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 's the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is a fisher it 's the only one I know , I mean I know a few . |
| 2 | Pound for pound it 's the same . |
| 3 | I know Claudia 's been a good stepmother-she 's the kindest woman in the world — but I thought he looked a sad sort of a boy . |
| 4 | So that viewed from the purl side it 's the opposite way round to the mylar sheet , while on the knit side it 's the same way round as the mylar sheet of course . |
| 5 | So that viewed from the purl side it 's the opposite way round to the mylar sheet , while on the knit side it 's the same way round as the mylar sheet of course . |
| 6 | I mean , in essence it 's the small committees at the end of the day which actually find the target and the larger committees at the beginning of the list which do n't find them . |
| 7 | sand it 's the same she said , it 's just the same . |
| 8 | When you 're clearing up for lunch look out the window it 's the enclosed garden . |
| 9 | Ca n't do my work it 's the same as before , I 'm just fed up with it . |
| 10 | It 's not your favourite sport it 's the hunky wrestlers themselves , that 's your favourite sport ! |
| 11 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
| 12 | If we add more labour beyond L L 3 units , the total product is falling the total product is falling and the slope of the curve is negative what 's the slope of the curve it 's the marginal product , therefore , the marginal product of labour is also negative beyond L 3 units of labour . |
| 13 | ‘ With a picture it 's the same . |
| 14 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 15 | Next day it 's the only way to get a ticket . |
| 16 | When you 're at the top it 's the best job in the world — when you 're bottom a football manager 's lot is not a happy one . |
| 17 | oh my god it 's the incredible hulk oh and you know Jayne with the skirt up here , well in English study she was walking up the steps like this |
| 18 | oh my god it 's the incredible hulk oh and you know Jayne with the skirt up here , well in English study she was walking up the steps like this |
| 19 | Erm I 've a feeling it 's the eighteenth . |
| 20 | If we have come to him and received him as our saviour then if we are gon na live na in , if we are not gon na live in a state of disobedience then we have got to be baptized whether we choose to , whether we like to it 's a , it 's a simple thing , it 's not a matter of choice it 's the straightforward command of the Lord 's . |
| 21 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 22 | No they 're not gon na exploit their own workers but surely the , the , the whole idea of the build up towards land reform is that you are making , I mean in a Marxist sense it 's the only way in which you can do it is , is you make progress through conflict . |
| 23 | Well it 's up to Stan to yeah to have a go he 's got the pace he 's the quickest man on the field probably . |
| 24 | Basically you 're looking to make sure that you 've covered any possibility if they die tomorrow where the money would come from for any of those outstanding obligations and then here you put the total what 's available , in this case it 's the seventy K plus ten K |
| 25 | ‘ Well , anyhow , ’ she went on , as she fumbled for the matches and lit the gas lights , ‘ we 'll have Christmas together in peace , and — and in case it 's the last we have for some time , we 'll make it as nice as possible . |
| 26 | One such difference is that whereas thermometer readings are caused by the temperatures they signify ( that 's what correlates them ) , with bees and honey it 's the other way round : what correlates them is the fact , not that honey makes bees , but that bees make honey — the sign causes what it signifies . |
| 27 | It might be the authorities who give you permission but when it comes to the bit it 's the ordinary policeman who 's getting shot . |
| 28 | Apart from his chest he 's the only bit of white on him , is n't it ? |
| 29 | the basis is you keep going in at the wrong level it 's the educational process at ground level |
| 30 | A negative and a positive it 's the same as taking away . |