Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 2 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
| 3 | She signs a contract , is given a generous clothes and household goods allowance . |
| 4 | ‘ Reckon that storm 's washed a few cobwebs away . ’ |
| 5 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 6 | That 's inspired a few hands . |
| 7 | This guy 's played a million games . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He has won two championship medals , he 's played a million games and he 's got the character to overcome setbacks like the one at Ibrox . ’ |
| 9 | Its severed head is found a few days later , wrapped in plastic , and used as a football by some local kids . |
| 10 | For example , in the UK the average period between the ex dividend date and payment of the dividend is fifty three days , while the dividend is announced a few weeks before the ex dividend date ( Yadav and Pope , 1992b ) . |
| 11 | It 's cost a million pounds to build a new water treatment works at Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire , to take nitrates out of spring and river water . |
| 12 | IBM is saying it 's delivered a million copies of OS/2 and predicts it could reach two million by the end of the year : Microsoft Corp voiced scepticism about the number to The Wall Street Journal to which IBM VP Jim Cannavino retorted , ‘ A stork did n't bring [ the one million copies ] and I assure you I have n't cooked the books . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A bad argument remains a bad argument even if it is repeated a thousand times . ’ |
| 14 | Lester Piggott ( eventually ) who 's ridden a few studs in his time as has |
| 15 | It 's a market as well that 's created a few monsters of its own . |
| 16 | ‘ So she 's learnt a few tables by heart , has she ? ’ |