Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm yes , I mean if er er if er I mean obviously being a chartered accountant you 'll , you 'll know where to invest it but I mean wh wh what sort of return would you expect er her to get on say a , a three hundred thousand investment ? |
| 2 | ‘ What I want now is a good scotch and soda to take the taste away . |
| 3 | Constantly rising profits in what is generally a depressed area , suggest here is a latter day John Moores with a magic formula for success , based on doing the simple things properly . |
| 4 | You will have gathered from what I have said that barbel really are a true shoal fish , and it is true to say that , as is the case with all true shoal fish , they school together with fish of like size . |
| 5 | To read Macbeth with Johnson 's ‘ Miscellaneous Observations ’ open alongside is a great pleasure . |
| 6 | You know if I 'd gone on the I said hello look here 's a mad man |
| 7 | This may not be downright evil , but in the absence of potential disbarments ( like possibly being a rubber doll ) it requires a considerable amount of bad faith . |
| 8 | The guitar 's dimensions do limit its penetrating power , but what you get instead is a sparkly , ultra-fast response that clearly articulates fingerpicked notes as fast as you can spit them out . |
| 9 | Mind you , it looks as if they did quite a bit of homework and know kelly is a converted winger … |
| 10 | Diplow too is a beautiful house — ‘ the old green turf on the lawn ; the soft , purplish colouring of the park beyond ’ — but it is not ‘ homelike ’ as Monk 's Topping is . |
| 11 | The flick switch here is a practical touch , working in a similar fashion to , say , Trace Elliot 's ‘ pre-shape ’ facility on their amps in providing instant access to a specified sound , in this case a cut-mid sort of slappy sound . |
| 12 | The fact that a relatively large number of elderly people , especially the ‘ old ’ elderly , live alone is a recent phenomenon ( Table 5.2 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ The work I do now is a commercial and commercial property mix . |
| 14 | The Elves that live here are a strange , fey breed with more kinship to the Wood Elves of Athel Lothern in the Old World than many in Ulthuan . |
| 15 | I 've always been a strong advocate of public service broadcasting , such an important element in this influential means of communication . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 17 | Quite frankly , I 've always been a great believer in equal opportunities ! ’ |
| 18 | They 've always been a precarious , yeah , I mean me dad used to work down the shipyard and you know you 'd live in fear for when they would close the yards down |
| 19 | Taylor said : ‘ Even allowing for the big advances in modern medicine , I 've always been a big believer in waiting for an operation to be complete before making any assessment . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've always been a United nut , ’ he told studio staff . |
| 21 | That 's one thing I 've always been a quick learner which has been quite |
| 22 | I 've always been a huge fan of the whole Memphis sound — as I guess everybody has figured by now ! — but the thing about the Stax band was that everything they did was totally minimal , but it slotted together to make something really strong . |
| 23 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
| 24 | And I 've always was a little bit independent . |
| 25 | Aristotle had argued that the male semen gave ‘ form ’ to the ‘ matter ’ provided by the woman ; form here being a determining principle which shapes matter , such that in human beings the form is the rational soul , the particular characteristic which makes us human . |
| 26 | That Nigel was on an even keel again was a double comfort . |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe not for that alone , but you 've certainly been a big draw , ’ the other woman said . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've never been a real emotional team , win or lose . |
| 29 | It 's funny they 've never been a great juice freak really |
| 30 | I 've never been a big knitter . |