Example sentences of "be a [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought : I am a few walls ' , stairways ' , rooms ' distance from him . |
| 2 | After all , Papa was only just forty-one , and Mama was younger than that , and they were both so handsome that it was a wonder — or perhaps not — that they were so faithful to one another , so much so that it was almost a joke , Papa having been a great ladies ' man in his youth , she had discovered . |
| 3 | Coffin wondered if the inhabitants of Drake Towers , with their BMWs and Porsches , knew that the old Francis Drake Street had been a regular thieves ' kitchen . |
| 4 | It had been a nine days ' wonder , during which no charges had been brought , but Travis had told her to her face that he knew she had taken it . |
| 5 | POOR standards of schooling are a frequent employers ' complaint . |
| 6 | Dominating Glen Shiel is the Western Highlands , the steep , shapely mountains are a popular hillwalkers ' target — a long , demanding route , worthy of some respect . |
| 7 | Platies are an ideal beginners ' fish because they will stand poor water conditions — but no fish can survive poisoning caused by poor filtration . |
| 8 | I mean , that must be a thousand pounds ' worth of air tickets . |
| 9 | She was sure the neighbourhood would initially be outraged at her living alone , despite the presence of more servants than she knew what to do with , but she was proof against their opinion and she would only be a nine days ' wonder in any case . |
| 10 | A major part of the financial restructuring will be a new players ' pool . |
| 11 | Just as he did this , the government had a change of heart and decided that there would after all be a Private Members ' ballot . |
| 12 | They also think Sparc 10 cloning may be a big boys ' game . |
| 13 | This was the first time that the government had confirmed that all votes would be of equal value ; de Klerk did not specify , however , whether there would be a common voters ' roll or separate rolls . |
| 14 | The suggested Fifth Man badly needs to be an up-and-coming forwards ' coach . |
| 15 | There were a few moments ' stalemate , then more petrol was thrown , this time into the warehouse , and two men with a bren gun were left to cover the building as Peter Young led his men on . |
| 16 | They used , they used to be about ten quid and you , we all thought it was really good value and went to all of them but erm they 've gone up to like eighteen pounds well that was the last one I went to last year so some of them are twenty two and I paid thirty for one of them but that was at the erm Savoy Hotel that little bluebird one , that 's a real debs ' ball . |
| 17 | Here 's a quick consumers ' guide : |
| 18 | In Britain , it 's a white ravers ' thing , the subject of much piss-taking among the black rap hardcore . |
| 19 | Pyrenees is a mild cows ' milk cheese , usually in a distinctive thin black rind . |
| 20 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
| 21 | Sadly , this uprating , like all the others announced by the Secretary of State , is a civil servants ' uprating — a shuffling of the pack . |
| 22 | If you are following the recipe opposite for Pesto alla Genovese , do try to get some Pecorino to mix with the Parmesan — it is a sharp ewes ' milk cheese that really adds an extra bite to any pasta dish . |
| 23 | FIPRESCI is a world-wide critics ' organisation which includes most of the leading and distinguished writers on film among its members . |
| 24 | There is a small officers ' annex in the village itself for me to be impotent at , and it is on this hygienic apartment that we increasingly depend . |
| 25 | Anthony Hutt 's Goa ( Scorpion , £9.95 ) is a useful travellers ' historical and architectural guide . |
| 26 | 'T IS a wild wolves ' moon that stares at me |
| 27 | There is a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majlis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for a five-year term ; the remaining eight are appointed by the President . |
| 28 | I think it 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin . |
| 29 | It 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin |
| 30 | For those with no knowledge of Russian , there is an intensive beginners ' course , known as Russian 1A1/1A2 , with a total of eight to nine contact hours weekly , which allows students to spend two-thirds of their time in their first year on Russian . |