Example sentences of "[is] a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's a disgusting habit it you know , you should n't do it . |
2 | If you 're buying a cut tree , you 'll be paying obviously from where it 's cut up to the bottom branch , or if it 's a rooted tree you 'll be paying from ground level up to the bottom branch again . |
3 | But if if we find anybody 's a persistent discounter they 're causing trouble for the person who comes to resell . |
4 | It 's a real pity it 's so far away from America . " |
5 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
6 | She 's a real Dulux she 's beautiful |
7 | so he got it and it 's a real cracker it is , real good house |
8 | If you are , it 's a real strength It 's like going to buy a packet of peas . |
9 | it 's a real shame we 're so out of date . |
10 | Yeah I said to her if you look up what they were I 'll pay you for them and I 'll have them if you like he 's a real sweetheart he 's a good boy yeah Look what I bought today Tony . |
11 | A dog found it 's a black one found on Third Avenue at Carlton and it 's a black collie it 's young and it has no collar on . |
12 | There 's a certain look you have when you 're making love to me that shares my anticipation and surprise . |
13 | Yeah , actually I really like fashion photography ; not typical fashion , but there 's a certain thing I know personally I 'd like to do in fashion photography . |
14 | Yes the er that 's a separate submission I 've corrected today show 's that . |
15 | Well that 's a standard letter I suppose and |
16 | I 'm not sure whether , you see I think the management time issue is very related to this , but I think it 's a separate issue , it 's a major concern I 've got at the moment that there is , I mean I know everybody 's got their own arguments but there has been no time at ever in the future that anybody who goes back further than twenty years in the service can recall , where York has had such a small amount of management time as it 's |
17 | That 's a nasty cold you 've got ! |
18 | That 's a nasty cough you 've got . |
19 | picking him up , taking him , bringing him from Sunderland er , when he wants him he just phones him up , can you come up with now , and he 's a bloody driver you know and er |
20 | And David Evans , all white and stammering , do n't you tell me my father 's a bloody animal I 've got to kick out of the way , and G.P. saying I 've never hurt an animal in my life , you can always make out a case for hurting human beings , but human animals deserve every sympathy . |
21 | It 's a bloody tragedy he 's where he is , and that 's the truth . |
22 | ‘ We can scarcely do any better in terms of results we 're winning regularly , we 're second in the League , still in the Cup … but given what 's happening off the pitch , it 's a bloody miracle we 're not bottom . ’ |
23 | I mean Halloween is it 's a pagan ritual it 's there to worship the devil it 's the most poignant date in the calendar if you want to get into black magic if you want to dance naked round er a sheep 's heart with sticks stuck through it . |
24 | There 's a minimum charge they can sell it to yo individual customers |
25 | Then there 's a fuzzy bit I ca n't remember — oh yes , it 's not a lake , it 's the sea , with tremendous waves , and I 'm still on my front looking downwards , but the people have disappeared , and the sea 's full of the furniture at Cal 's house — the grandfather clock that chimes every quarter hour , the gold velour sofa , all those tiny thimbles and china bells that her mum dusts every day of her life , even their bath and loo in trendy slate-blue — and everything is swirling round as if a great Sea God was stirring it like a pot full of stew . |
26 | ‘ Then if it 's a higher power you 're looking for , you should go check out the shopping mall . |
27 | It 's a wired bra you would n't . |
28 | Er , looking on w there 's a slight warning I think there about , th the decision talks about possible reductions by increasing intra- . |
29 | Well I think it 's a joint er it 's a joint thing it 's an agreement we have with the United States Air Force , they send somebody over here to our Academy and then erm we send somebody over there . |
30 | now let's erm just go on to something perhaps that 's more to the point , you were asked on a number occasions er what information was given and so for and when , er can you see in fact on some of these documents that the brochures are indeed dated ? , just look at er please , you can see that it 's a printed brochure it 's got a number of er additions and then we look at page thirty seven boldly state you have that as twenty sixth March eighty five , do n't you ? |