Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] 's [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they say she 's a one |
| 2 | But , as I say she 's a modern outlook is a difference from the Queen , I think Queen Elizabeth |
| 3 | People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big |
| 4 | ‘ Say she 's a silly , daft cow , ’ suggested Constance , who was rather jealous of Scarlet 's therapist . |
| 5 | ‘ That girl you saw … you say she 's a social worker ? ’ said Iris , brandishing a tablespoon . |
| 6 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 7 | And the whole process is made as simultaneously agonising and amazing as it could be — you labour to give birth , that 's the right word all right , and it 's about as ghastly as possible and then at the end there 's this absolutely wonderful feeling , that the conspiracy has never hinted at , when you hold it and see it and you suddenly realise there 's a whole new emotion you did n't know anything about . |
| 8 | I read a lot , Joe , and it appears to me that every man , even every thinking man has always had a different view of the same subject ; the more I read of men and their lives and their ideas the more I realise there 's no black and white in the world ; there 's good points to be found even in the blackest , and there 's some very dark streaks in the so-called saints . |
| 9 | FREE OVEN & HOB Right now with every kitchen we fit there 's a free oven and hob . |
| 10 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |
| 11 | Its disciples talk of new values , its detractors say there 's no such thing as new when you 're a hardened pro — just good and bad , successful and unsuccessful . |
| 12 | Police say there 's no apparent motive for the attack . |
| 13 | Experts say there 's no scientific evidence the drug helps build muscle . |
| 14 | They say there 's a small garden there and a ten-foot high crucifix , they say that last Lent Sister Martha spent five hours in front of it every day . |
| 15 | Robert came forward and listened intently as the owners — a middle-aged man with an anxious-looking wife — asked nervously , ‘ You say there 's a certain amount of risk . |
| 16 | Specialists say there 's a growing need for more Rivermeads , and more understanding about head injuries . |
| 17 | Environmentalists say there 's a high risk of pollution from a new landfill site — because it 's on a layer of chalk . |
| 18 | They say there 's a big army tank with a monster on its roof bearing down on them . ’ |
| 19 | You know , they say there 's a full range of facilities and I 'm just looking A is central , bedroom , I 'll tell you , I 'll , I 'll , I 'll , we 'll whiz through them . |
| 20 | Er most of my points have actually dried up now , sir , in view of what Mr Cunnane has said , and also Mr Jewitt , erm I do actually , I would try to emphasize a point that the people who are proposing new settlements in this location have judiciously avoided the question of need this afternoon , well I think we we almost came to the point this morning that the shortfall was nine hundred and reducing almost on a month by month basis , er one or two quick points I would like to pick up , er in view of the erm small nature or the shortfall in housing supply that we see over the next fifteen years , I can not accept that to avoid the new settlement option would be prejudicial to greenbelt objectives , erm the housing land supply allocations are almost there , there are plans to run through which will un almost inevitably allocate additional sites inside the inner edge of the greenbelt boundary and outside the outer edge of the greenbelt boundary , but both within Greater York , which are bound to assist in making up the shortfall of provision , and probably , if I suspect rightly , would actually exceed it , erm erm I agree with Mr Cunnane on the question of the alternative expansion of existing towns or settlements , the same point really , we 're almost there anyway , the op that option is already there , it 's not that it might be there , it is it is there at the moment , er it 's not a clear expression of local preference , and I would also point out the option of the environmental improvements under the P P G criteria you asked us to look at , erm whether it 's a thousand houses , two thousand , two and a half thousand , whether it has a bowling alley , or a ten pin bowling alley , and a B and Q , and a , probably a Tesco as well , this form of development will not sit comfortably in open countryside , almost , wherever it 's put within the Greater York area , I defy anyone to produce a site where one can satisfactorily put er such a massive form of urban development and suggest it 's a positive environmental improvement . |
| 21 | But I expect it 's no worse than being a punk . |
| 22 | That 's the first and they 'll be the ones that will be able to tell you why they 've taken that decision and why we say it 's a reasonable decision . |
| 23 | Supporters say it 's a nutritious and healthy food . |
| 24 | This time the weight of the lorry , it 's the weight of the lorry we 're interested it 's a say it 's a small van . |
| 25 | Not wishing to come down on either side , the planners say it 's a nice fence but high fences near roads need permission . |
| 26 | I say it 's a vicious attack , that 's been set upon them , by this vicious Tory government , over the last fourteen years is not enough . |
| 27 | The 3 main parties regard Cheltenham as a glistening prize , although the Tories and the Liberal Democrats say it 's a two horse race . |
| 28 | You can she said to me G T A have only just started doing they say it 's a new model she said , is it the new shape ? |
| 29 | one , you just divide You say it 's a six-sided figure , divide three sixty by six |
| 30 | So it 's sort of a mobility thing and erm I think people will notice it on erm on that kind of level erm but as I say it 's a gradual process it 's cumulative and erm |