Example sentences of "be a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're a kind of Supremo now , are n't you ? |
| 2 | They 're a kind of protest group , I guess . |
| 3 | It 's very expensive to for what it is , I mean it 's fifteen pounds a ticket but if you , if you 're a member of course you get in reduced |
| 4 | if you 're a member of parliament |
| 5 | You feel that you 're a bit of burden on your friends , perhaps , because you ca n't go to the pub and buy a round of drinks , because you 're bit of a drag on a lot of activities which involve spending some sort of money . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a lady of mystery , full of secrets waiting to be unlocked , but that 's no problem . |
| 7 | ROS : ( Standing up ) You 're a mass of prejudice . |
| 8 | After a long , cold winter they 're a symbol of hope for the new season . ’ |
| 9 | I think they 're a heap of shit to be quite honest ! |
| 10 | They think you 're a field of rape , they 've come to suck the goodness out of you . ’ |
| 11 | Shirley , if sometime in your life er , you need money er , for example , er , you 're in when you 're a start of marriage , and you have mortgage , how will you go to ? |
| 12 | People like daddy have to hold the ring , they 're a sort of bedrock , to make sure there 's always some civilisation to fall back on . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're a sort of movement . |
| 14 | And they 're a sort of vampire . |
| 15 | So basically if you 're going to se , tell somebody they 're a waste of space , it 's not very constructive , it 's personal , and I would n't say it unless you can tell them why you think they 're a waste of space at least . |
| 16 | So basically if you 're going to se , tell somebody they 're a waste of space , it 's not very constructive , it 's personal , and I would n't say it unless you can tell them why you think they 're a waste of space at least . |
| 17 | Yes , but there 's no point you doing it that because it 's like , if they are a waste of space you 're not going to be able to get rid of them because you 've told them that they 're a waste of space , it needs to be something that 's much more positive , than just going round saying that . |
| 18 | After having a C D for Christmas last year , they 're a waste of money . |
| 19 | ‘ Well if a guitar solo is played right it can sound absolutely great , but 99 times out of a 100 they wo n't sound great and they 're a waste of time . |
| 20 | Before you stop doing a C F R report you 've got to prove they 're a waste of time . |
| 21 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them . |
| 22 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 23 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them . |
| 24 | I must admit , er there are some good television programmes now , but they 're a lot of rubbish in compared to the |
| 25 | ‘ God , you 're a lot of trouble , I could get along so easy and so nice if I did n't have you on my tail ’ , ‘ You crazy fool … blubbering like a baby ? |
| 26 | the brute fact is , we 're a form of carbon life |
| 27 | You 're a piece of shit , you 're a she-goat , and the place you need it is where you shit , because that 's what you are . ’ |
| 28 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |
| 29 | it 's like , I mean , I mean when I used to work in a hospital you were n't allowed to have hair down and hole in the tights , they 're a load of toffee cows |
| 30 | Well , I have got an idea — it 's because the sponsor wants it here , and they dare n't say no to him , because they 're a bunch of gin-swilling , arse-kissing prats . ’ |