Example sentences of "[conj] he 's [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , checking back , the Sounds review of the time ( in which journalist Rab claims that he 's had a tape since November 1980 ) provided the release with a five star rating , while NME was mildly less enthusiastic , observing that ‘ it 's an odd LP , naturally flawed and imperfect and rather stilted in places but nonetheless a worthy attempt at indisciplinary entertainment . ’ |
| 2 | But a man who makes his living playing black music suddenly sporting the flag waved on every Nazi march AND toying with skin imagery ( and like or not , lads , the crop and boots HAVE been adopted by Nazis in the USA and Europe ) AND writing ambiguous lyrics about an issue which brooks no ambiguity AND making idiotic remarks about blacks and black music in interviews AND hankering ( in a curiously middle aged manner à la Gary Numan ) after a nice , homogenous ‘ England ’ that never actually existed AND refusing to defend or explain himself — ALL that means , at the very least , that he 's got a case to answer , surely ? |
| 3 | Hurry up so that he 's got a paddy on at teatime . |
| 4 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 5 | Only it 's just lucky that he 's got a lot ! |
| 6 | and he 's in inherited a family home , so he 's got a home to live in , but he does n't earn very much does he ? |
| 7 | Because he he he 's done a a you know he he he 's been a a a a what shall I say , a Well he 's done a lot really to promote erm interest in engineering and all that and and he 's done a lot in helping er to young men to become engineers and that you know . |
| 8 | So you John now Jonathan he 's only fifteen , I know he looks in his twenties , but he 's only fifteen and he 's done a lot of homework so it makes him late and it makes him uncomfortable and he 's fidgety because he knows he 's got to disturb us when he goes out , he does n't does n't enjoy disturbing us , so I have to make that clear to you . |
| 9 | ‘ And he 's got a birthmark ! ’ |
| 10 | Always one to get and usually using it well and he 's got a throw-in . |
| 11 | you know , he 's that sort of bloke , he 's a very nice bloke and he 's got a heart of gold and he 's saved us no end of the money ai n't he , since I 've been working for him ? |
| 12 | And he 's got a badge on the right hand side as well . |
| 13 | There 's a man just gone upstairs , and he 's got a head like a bladder of lard ! ’ |
| 14 | He 's wearing a heavy raincoat in the photograph for some reason , though it does n't seem to be raining , with the collar turned up , and he 's got a pipe in his mouth , though there 's no sign of any smoke coming out of it . |
| 15 | Mickey Morris summed it up : ‘ He 's a great sportsman and he 's got a brain . ’ |
| 16 | Muhammad Ali was also influential : ‘ He 's a great sportsman and he 's got a brain , he 's not stupid . ’ |
| 17 | Erm if we see you know , if we see somebody walking down a walkway , and he 's got a stereo in his arm , arms should I say , and he puts it into a car then obviously it a it arouses our suspicion , we 'll take a quick note of the car 's registration number , and we 'll pass the relevant information through to Police Station . |
| 18 | Ah yeah and he 's got a file of that house . |
| 19 | Yes , Smarties and he 's got a piece of chocolate in his hand . |
| 20 | Graham 's very good to you , and he 's got a job , and of course there 's the house . |
| 21 | summer house , yeah , yeah , and he 's got a patio outside , did n't , it 's a only a patio it 's nothing , it 's not covered in or anything but there 's steps up to it and that and , and that 's it , he 's got nothing in his garden , it 's lawn and |
| 22 | And he 's got a meeting with him again this afternoon . |
| 23 | I mean there 's no , no use a man being employed and he 's got a shop steward if he do n't and depend on the shop steward coming down to tell him what happens in the meeting . |
| 24 | He 's been showing some Americans round Oxford this morning — and he 's got a lecture this afternoon , so … |
| 25 | So Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived at the Sleaford area , a retired nursing senior officer at Hospital Holbeach , he 's married he 's remarried er and he 's got a son Ian Mark . |
| 26 | ‘ My grandad 's at home and he 's got a car — he 'll drive us there , ’ snapped Tina , ignoring her completely . |
| 27 | said he was running round to see his dad and he 's got a car now , he passed his test , he 's got a little Renault and he 's as stupid as a |
| 28 | And he 's got a car ! |
| 29 | He 's twelve , and he 's got a horse which he rides sometimes . ’ |
| 30 | I had n't realized till long , long afterwards , until she after she was dead , that er she and her brother came to work , when the Midland Railway came to Nottingham , they left Norfolk , and he 's got a horse , as a carter , and they walked from Holt , in Norfolk , to Nottingham , in search of a job . |