Example sentences of "[art] [noun] 's [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The guitar 's got a personality and that 's the whole reason why people still play them . |
| 2 | I admit , the figure 's gone a bit , but then it started going when I was still twenty-five . |
| 3 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 4 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
| 5 | But Kathie put life into perspective when her mother telephoned and , instead of enthusing at my achievement , Kathie said , ‘ The cat 's had a boil on its head . ’ ’ |
| 6 | The boy 's had a bit of a whippin' , like . |
| 7 | ‘ The lad 's got a point there , ’ said Purvis as if somebody had asked him . |
| 8 | On The Record 's obtained a paper prepared by a committee including senior civil servants and the Treasury and Transport Department , called the Restructuring Working Group , the report forecasts an increase in the amount of taxpayer 's money subsidizing the railways , this year it will be eight hundred and fifty million pounds , after privatization , the paper says , the central government grant requirement would total some two billion pounds in nineteen ninety four ninety five . |
| 9 | Jerome Fanshawe 's office was in Eastcheap and the hairdresser 's had a barber 's shop attached to it . |
| 10 | The concierge would listen at the door with a running commentary : ‘ The Italian 's had a drop ’ , or ‘ the Englishwoman seems to be winning ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The woman 's got a grudge . |
| 12 | The Colonel 's had a heart attack . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , boss , I mean the bastard 's got a wife — lives over here . |
| 14 | Quite clearly the county 's spent a lot of time assessing environmental capacity and environmental problems within North Yorkshire . |
| 15 | The referee 's got a job to do , and he got on with it . ’ |
| 16 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 17 | There 's a very good example of that in the film you 'll see , where somebody phones up , and does n't quite know who they want to speak to , but they get through to a department , and they say , ‘ Oh , I 've left some money ’ , and the caller immediately , and the person who 's received the call immediately says , ‘ Ah , money ! , you want the treasurers department , I 'll put you through ’ , and before the chap 's had a chance to say , ‘ No , no , no , I really want to speak to you , they 've gone , and they 're back at the switchboard . ’ |
| 18 | As far as I 'm concerned it 's not on — if a woman 's got a problem and she confides in you , that is a trust that should n't be broken . |
| 19 | You know , once a woman 's got a name as a neurotic no one takes her seriously any more . |
| 20 | ‘ I tell you , Mr Wycliffe , a man 's got a job to have a pee on this coast without being seen — during the day , that is . ’ |
| 21 | After all a man 's got a right to a place of his own . ’ |