Example sentences of "[subord] [det] 's [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The universe , in fact , is expanding ( although that 's another talk really ) and for the present purpose the important thing is that they 're moving away at a speed which increases with their distance and so if we can measure the speed that they 're moving away from us , then we can find their distance , and that takes us to the edge of the universe . |
| 2 | point nine five holes , cos that 's standard size |
| 3 | cos that 's one thing they will come back and do later on when they review your C C Q they may ask you to go back and say there was a loan or |
| 4 | Cos that 's one reason a lot of Harlow people do n't know what 's on do n't erm you know they they do n't really have contact with erm they do n't always use Harvey . |
| 5 | Yeah cos that 's next door but one to me so , yeah . |
| 6 | Slightly altered configuration , but er tracks put in there , erm and er to house quite a lot of wagons and to er allow trains to er to just be held there until they could move up to erm cos that 's single track beyond there . |
| 7 | We 've actually got clean water in there cos that 's clean water that 's in the bucket that the fish are swimming in now . |
| 8 | Cos that 's another way of telling |
| 9 | and he had all the boys pretty well turned out like that , cos that 's another brother who used to come with the mail with the wooden hand |
| 10 | Now , if that 's creeping privatisation , let's have some more of it . |
| 11 | Three packs of three , I was just wondering if that 's good value for |
| 12 | ‘ I doubt if that 's much comfort , ’ said Sean . |
| 13 | ‘ If that 's usual stuff , for God 's sake do n't ever try to surprise me . |
| 14 | Oh , television , right If that 's real silver then I 'll have that , |
| 15 | God if that 's that thermostat gone ! |
| 16 | I certainly felt lust and jealousy , but if that 's all love was , it was n't enough . |
| 17 | Ay , I I 've I 've said that to them I said well you might have , if I take to work you 'll certainly hear some they said tha well if that 's common usage words that 's what it has to be and words that we never use at all that are in dictionaries and nobody ever uses them , they want to know common ordinary speech words that we use . |
| 18 | I do n't know if that 's enough choice is it ? |
| 19 | If that 's medical treatment , it ought to be stopped ! |
| 20 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm free in the late afternoon , if that 's any good . |
| 22 | ‘ I know I do n't give you enough of my time , but you get all I 've got to give , if that 's any consolation . ’ |
| 23 | And er , I also hope that the , the Brummie magistrates whoever they are , are er , decent to you , I doubt if they will be if that 's any consolation , but er , whatever happens , let's hope it comes out good , and we 're delighted that you both survived . |
| 24 | They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress . |
| 25 | It 's a fairly basic question — what colour is your car going to be , because that 's one thing that people always like to know when watching Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon after the race is over . |
| 26 | But i you have , I 'm sure to go to people and not be at all surprised if some people you can never raise the enthusiasm , because that 's human nature , and you accept human nature as it is , but if you 're positive and encourage and lead without being coercive to a high degree , I think you get more responses . |
| 27 | because that 's another problem and I think maybe people have n't you know like addressed that . |
| 28 | That 's well I do n't know whether that 's real cheese or cream cheese . |
| 29 | I do n't know whether that 's any good to you Richard . |