Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 's [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardest unimportant question to get out of my mind : that Nalgo ad about the poll tax — how come she 's got a staircase in her kitchen ? |
| 2 | But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment . |
| 3 | And Mrs Rogers came up to me and said how wonderful it must be to have a husband who takes an interest in his family ; her Dan does n't know he 's got a family and cares less . |
| 4 | You say he 's got a bit of a reputation as a skinflint . ’ |
| 5 | my wife says she 's seen a programme on telly . |
| 6 | Moira McVitie says she 's got a pal that went to that Steptoe 's Clinic . |
| 7 | You know , one minute I 'm thinking Marie 's my girlfriend , and then all of a sudden she says she 's got a husband and that . |
| 8 | He says he 's had a win somewhere , but when I 've been with him he mostly loses . |
| 9 | There 's only Alan so far says he 's got a problem . |
| 10 | Nigel says he 's got a reputation of being an outright racer … |
| 11 | Says he 's got a headache so we 'll have go and to stock up |
| 12 | so I er what you call it , I took it back and I says er there 's summat wrong with this one , I says it 's got a line or whatever it is , I says I ca n't get it off . |
| 13 | I 'm not using him as an excuse or anything , but I do feel he 's got a lot to do with the way my life 's been . |
| 14 | Look their burgers are looking it 's got a bit of fat on there . |
| 15 | Oh I do n't think she 's got a name |
| 16 | She 's got a , I think er has she got a no , I do n't think she 's got a key to my house now , she used to have er in case I lock meself out . |
| 17 | She do n't really , you know , I mean she 's got a bit of a reputation . |
| 18 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 19 | Look at the way he 's , look he 's got a teddy bear |
| 20 | The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , shows he 's got a bit of get up and go , ’ replied another familiar voice . |
| 22 | I can see , I can see it 's got a record button . |
| 23 | Right I well if you ca n't get the lexicon going it 's got a problem of course . |
| 24 | And then he 's got he 's got a beard , except it 's not very long going behind his jawline like Captain Ahab . |
| 25 | You know she 's got a company car and that and sort of ri , scoots up and down . |
| 26 | I do n't mean today I mean if she 's going in to London or something you know she 's got a base in London to do something in the morning before she goes on a call as opposed to some of them who have n't got a proper office space |
| 27 | Now she 's been having an argument with the council and while she 's been arguing , you know she 's got a grievance , while she 's been arguing she takes her anger out on them and tells them what she thinks of them . |
| 28 | the same time as we go to Cyprus and he has n't actually booked a flight yet but he 's got the villa cos Aily a few doors along , remember she 's got a villa in erm |
| 29 | Yeah I know I know it 's got a lot of milk in and I did ask for it for you , but she still give me one like that . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I know he 's got a navy blue one but he was n't wearing it on Friday night . ’ |