Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree Gazza 's a brilliant player , who would be an asset for any club , but I really do n't think we should be getting too excited about this — how could we possibly afford him ? |
| 2 | Gazza 's a great lad |
| 3 | As Dan pointed out , ‘ Jeff 's an amazing guitar player , but when he branded the T-Ride logo onto his arm , we were sold . ’ |
| 4 | Chichester 's a nice town is n't it ? |
| 5 | Dr Rafaelo 's an important man in Monte Samana , but he has no clout in Pepe 's Bar . |
| 6 | ‘ Because Clare had mentioned dining at the Skein of Geese and Cunningham 's an Old Breakspearean . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , Deirdre 's a determined girl once she 's set her mind on anything , I 'll give her that . |
| 8 | End result , everyone goes round saying , ‘ Ohhh — Perry Como 's a lovely man — but his agent … |
| 9 | The other aspect is there are a large number of people a large number of these countries depend on their forest industries for producing foreign exchange which is particularly scant , a lot of the world , particularly Africa is suffering from debt problems , erm I worked in Uganda for 14 years and I found it really to get back there : the salary of a forest officer now is something , is worth in real terms something like 1 percent of what it was in 1962. erm His salary in 1962 was something in the region of six thousand a year in present terms , it 's now worth £60. erm He has to go out and get most of his livelihood from some other source , and Uganda 's an extreme case , but there are many other African countries where the position is similar . |
| 10 | Daft as it seems , we could have won it because the kick was produced too quick for Paul Simpson and we hit the ball later on , Mark Stein 's a little back header , very unlucky not to win it for us . |
| 11 | Marie 's a brilliant swimmer . |
| 12 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
| 13 | That Lucy 's a brilliant driver ! |
| 14 | Sue 's a big girl . |
| 15 | There 's quite a few fancy their chances around here , and I know about them all ; but our Johnny 's a real lecher , so be warned . ’ |
| 16 | Personally I think Rocky 's a better player than White . |
| 17 | oh right do you think Richard 's a good driver ? |
| 18 | the Basingstoke 's a larger branch are n't they ? |
| 19 | ‘ Sounds as if Blufton 's a sharp operator . ’ |
| 20 | Dunbar 's a jolly sort of fellow but he 's got a bit of a stutter so I do n't suppose he 'll last long as Pickles makes fun of him ! |
| 21 | ‘ Let 'em sweat a bit ; Washington 's a key career posting for most of them , it ca n't all bc cherry blossom and cocktails . |
| 22 | ‘ Jane 's a nice-looking woman . ’ |
| 23 | Maggie 's a fine girl , Joe ; she 's one in a thousand . ’ |
| 24 | Arsenal captain Tony Adams said : ‘ Tottenham 's a big game , whether we 're top or bottom . |
| 25 | Giles Aplin 's a great believer in justice — but only within the law . ’ |
| 26 | Mick 's an old friend — ’ |
| 27 | Marilyn 's a lovely girl and you 're a lucky man . |
| 28 | Why Frank 's a lucky man |
| 29 | Is there some sort of limit within the policy that we 've got on the size of a place cos Newark 's a big place to have a parish constable . |
| 30 | ‘ Nigel 's a married man , with a wife and two children . |