Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] [is] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I mean that 's a bit daft really !
2 But yeah , I can see that , I can see that side of it but , I do n't know , just people that you say something in confidence to like , not like Trem but well er yeah I told , I told well Jenny take that thing that you told her , I mean that 's a bit off .
3 You ca n't tell they 're the same the only way you can tell is if they 're , if they 're working with number , I mean that 's a plus or a positive that 's a positive three .
4 Um and also it may be possible to y'know you may want to start out by showing people some stuff and trying to get them to talk about it so you you understand the sort of language concepts , repertoires , or whatever you want to call them , that people are actually using to try try and work out some more formal questions from that and move on to a questionnaire type thing y'know I mean that 's a possibility .
5 I mean that 's a possibility .
6 But I mean that 's a child 's expression and that 's
7 Convert it to the same units , use the formula and then I mean that 's a gift that is n't it ?
8 Well there are ways are n't there I mean even in traditionally , I mean what of wet-nursing I mean that 's an example is n't it where a woman gets another woman to do the job for her .
9 Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ?
10 Yeah well it 's a bit that 's the truth though I mean that is a bit silly is n't it ?
11 One of the other things that leads off from a job analysis by finding out exactly what a person 's supposed to do is that you can start doing things like a personal training log , cashiers , cash sell this is a word this is real life example .
12 Yes , but I well yes I mean this is a judgement each of us has to make erm it 's a judgement if you 've got a member of your family involved in this , then obviously your attitude is going to be totally different from the rest of us that are n't .
13 So the only way that you can make , I mean this is a function .
14 I might add , very briefly , I mean this is a spin off of the traditional aircraft situation , where they 're being used
15 I mean this is a bitch .
16 I mean this is a waste of my time , it , it should be a waste of your time , if you 're gon na read the book , and we 've already had both classes on Totem and Taboo .
17 I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied .
18 Well it was n't , I mean this is an example , sorry .
19 White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega .
20 It 's g you know , i if you , if you want it to respond well I mean as well that i if you say that 's a bit ropy that other one
21 ( They say that 's a sign of insecurity . )
22 I say that 's a draft coming across us !
23 Environmentalists say that 's a disaster .
24 Preliminary figures now suggest this is an under-estimate .
25 ‘ They say this is a copy of the great Luoshu shell , Yuan .
26 Locals , however , say this is a euphemism for innocent people being apprehended and tortured by the security forces before being shot .
27 Now on one occasion , as I say this is a conglomerate this is of several things put together , but one happened rather like this .
28 We realise this is an inconvenience to the supporters wishing to travel to Marseille officially through the club , but it is totally outwith our control and a further statement will be issued next week . ’
29 We realise this is an inconvenience to the supporters wishing to travel to Marseille officially through the club , but it is totally outwith our control . ’
30 When someone notices the Chancellor 's announcement of a tax cut that is a perception ; when they approve or disapprove , that is an attitude .
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