Example sentences of "[indef pn] [be] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , just as nobody actually eats babies , so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth being against . |
| 2 | Thus discussion lessons can often give the impression that everything is just a matter of opinion — there need be no rigour , for " it 's all subjective anyway " . |
| 3 | Everything is just A Phase |
| 4 | ‘ Everything is really a chemical , ’ he cried one day to a pupil who said they wanted to learn about something else . |
| 5 | ‘ Everything 's just a game , is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | If one holds , of Christ , that he was , in whatever way , unique , then one is clearly a Christian . |
| 7 | One is now a Church of England minister and another was the girl he eventually married , Veronica . |
| 8 | Domestic sexism does not guarantee sexism in public affairs , although one is often a symptom of the other . |
| 9 | ONE IS always a bit bashful about asking for blood tests on onself — no one likes to be thought of as a hypochondriac . |
| 10 | Yeah , and going over jumps and god knows what else which one 's quite a way really is n't it ? it 's quite comfortable eleven , eleven and a half , eleven stone over jumps in n it ? |
| 11 | ‘ The writing world is like the music business — they wait until something is already a success . |
| 12 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 13 | The upper path was deep in mud : the lower one was now a stream . |