Example sentences of "'s [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh tha so it 's only half a day 's ever ? |
| 2 | So I said well it depends how much there is you know , we we are only a light removal firm , we do n't have Oh no no well there 's no problem there , it 's only half a houseload . |
| 3 | It 's only half a joke . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , it 's only half a joke . |
| 5 | And he 's only half a wolf . |
| 6 | But er you know it come down to forty-six and usually only do about thirty-eight now that is , sommat like and er it 's only half a week . |
| 7 | Seriously , though , shortcuts rarely work properly and it 's only half an hour 's work to get the job done . |
| 8 | There 's only half an hour intermission while the news is on and the votes are collated , and the contestants ' fear ferments into an almost hysterical euphoria . |
| 9 | Well it 's only half an hour |
| 10 | That 's quite often why I like , when I go down Norbet Street I do n't like parking in Norbet Street itself cos it 's only half an hour if you park down Royal Place it 's |
| 11 | Er and it 's only half an hour . |
| 12 | Well that 's only half an hour is n't it ? |
| 13 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
| 14 | Well there 's already half a tape full of Charlotte 's bodily functions . |
| 15 | He 's away such a lot these days , trying to develop more hotels . ’ |
| 16 | And with the young doctor who tries to help Raskolnikov , the voice of the underground man has become more accessibly funny : ‘ I admit there 's scarcely such a thing as a normal human being . |
| 17 | Erm , I was n't aware that Linda , erm , was a good cook , she 's been tell me she 's a good cook , I was n't aware of that , because in one her drawers there 's normally half a tea cake , a scone or whatever you like . |
| 18 | It 's just such a relief to have found someone ! |
| 19 | It 's just such a worry though . |
| 20 | And she 'd like come to school and she 's just such a wreck . |
| 21 | It 's just such a rarity to find someone so — so innocent these days . |
| 22 | Erm so they just kind of stay put and so the dialects thrive because it 's just such a physical It 's in physical and social isolation . |
| 23 | It 's just such a waste of a life . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't it 's just such a dilemma . |
| 25 | It 's just such a shame because th , the one day I knew they were playing it was James ' birthday . |
| 26 | pouring down with rain it 's it 's just such an effort to motivate yourself to get up |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , it 's not all a bed of roses , ’ she could hear someone say . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not such a fib , ’ he countered . |
| 29 | Though — ’ he sat back and gave her a grim smile ‘ — I hope he 's not such a fool as to pay over the odds for your services . ’ |
| 30 | Mind you , it 's not such a surprise coming from one who is self-confessedly arrogant and opinionated and whose only accolade is that he edits a magazine . |