Example sentences of "it 's [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , we 've already had TV exposure and it 's created a lot of confidence here . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , we 've already had TV exposure and it 's created a lot of confidence here . |
| 3 | It 's become a reflex for critics to castigate the readers for being partisan , for being sluggish and single-minded in their choices . |
| 4 | It 's become a preservation tank for Britain 's myriad wildflowers and a model for the way the Prince thinks farming should be going . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's become a part of me . |
| 6 | It 's become a truism that we despise ageing in this culture , and I see few signs of that abating . |
| 7 | People living in a picturesque village say it 's become a rat run for lorries trying to avoid crossing the Severn Bridge . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Intel vociferously denied to Unigram last week suggestions circulated on the InterNet by GE 's research and development Center in New York that it 's hit a brick wall with its P5 design , is not getting the yields and is on a crash redesign course that would delay the parts until the end of next year . |
| 9 | It 's undertaken a number of mercy missions such as to the Kurds . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's killed a lamb , ’ said Philip . |
| 11 | Now she thinks , not his cock but his tongue , I should have cut his tongue out with them , his slow quicksilver tongue ; for he partly took me backwards out of my joy , into an old timidity that 's there still ; and it 's made a meal of me sometimes teaching , when the sharper ones have had me squirming for my lazy luck . |
| 12 | A lot o' the businesses went bankrupt an' it 's made a difference ter the amount of unemployed people around the country . |
| 13 | It 's made a partnership with a charity , the Brendoncare Foundation , to look after them . |
| 14 | It 's understood a doctor from the Hospital has joined the team of medical experts now flying out to Sarajevo to help with the evacuation . |
| 15 | It 's believed a man who answered the advert may have aranged a meeting and then strangled her . |
| 16 | Twelve year old Emma Butler died during a kickabout after a five a side football match … she 'd been watching her younger brother , Matthew , play in a tournament organised by the St Edmunds Football Club at the European School in Abingdon … details of what exactly happened are still sketchy … but it 's believed a hockey goal post which was leaning against a hut fell down crushing Emmas chest … |
| 17 | Maybe it 's the most important thing I do but I think that when it 's elevated in the way we were talking about sexuality being elevated , it 's done a disservice . |
| 18 | ‘ Ever seen a submarine get the full treatment when it 's done a patrol ? ’ |
| 19 | The next thing that happens is it 's announced a masterpiece . |
| 20 | This way when the price was around quite low , dealers churned clients out of stock saying : " It 's reached a peak , we think . " |
| 21 | ‘ It 's reached a stage lately where the players look forward with relish to away games . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's called a cat , ’ Meh'Lindi told him . |
| 23 | It 's called a Battle Royal . |
| 24 | It 's called a Yak , and it 's fast , agile and already proving a big favorite with pilots . |
| 25 | It 's called a bean machine … more like a mean machine . |
| 26 | When it comes into our atmosphere it 's called a meteorite and most of them burn off as they come through the atmosphere . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's called a limerick , ’ Matilda said . |
| 28 | It 's called a frame-up . ’ |
| 29 | Oh yes I do — it 's called a kitten . ’ |
| 30 | It 's called it 's called a prisoner ! |