Example sentences of "'s [adv] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ said Gay , ‘ he 's not classical , whatever else he is ; besides , people always argue about whether it 's a hard or soft C. He 's rather a mystery dog , is n't he ? |
| 2 | Yeah but you know what I mean dad , it 's only a seaside thing is n't it ? |
| 3 | It 's only a plasticine model . |
| 4 | It 's only a jacket potato missing . |
| 5 | And she said er it 's only a lady owner and she knew her and , who lived in Burston , lived not far away so |
| 6 | finds , trying to make room for the cross , he 's tackled and tackled and it 's only a goal kick . |
| 7 | Yes it 's only a goal kick to Shrewsbury Town . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's only a phone number on their collar tags . ’ |
| 9 | After all , it 's only a 20-mile rehearsal for the ‘ big one ’ on April 12 . |
| 10 | Sometimes you will get a er a little bit offset with temperature but it 's only a minute thing . |
| 11 | And then I r I realized that the job was only gon na last a year , cos it 's only a year job , so the best thing I can do is to go all out for what I wan na do when I leave the centre . |
| 12 | It was discussed in detail in a five hour meeting at District Council and after , as I say , remember , it 's only a consultation document this time that will be put to you for your decision . |
| 13 | take that back an'all , and , stick it on here then stick in your radiator , that 's only a weather chart really to put that in , so you have any |
| 14 | It 's only a railway station , pet , ’ said Gloria . |
| 15 | Right now it 's only a technology demo but it 's believed it will be marketed to system OEMs as part of motherboards and CPU daughtercards . |
| 16 | Mind you it 's only a paper profit because you ca n't rely on it |
| 17 | Breathes there a woman with soul so dead that she can take a trip round Bath 's exhilarating architecture without wanting to take home ‘ a touch of the Georgians ’ — even if it 's only a silver spoon ? |
| 18 | Even so , it 's only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so . |
| 19 | After another pause , he said , ‘ It 's only a planning problem . |
| 20 | It 's only a list show word thing . |
| 21 | On page one seven five you 've got how to check the circulation , after you 've put the bandage on to make sure it 's not too tight , it 's not stopping all the blood supply , press a fingernail if there 's only a finger nail and the , it should go white of course if you press it , then the blood should go back and it goes back pink again or an area of er skin , always check your circulation after you 've put your bandage on . |
| 22 | The the particular point that that I wish to pick up on though was from M Mr Curtis and his reference to erm the draft P P G thirteen , and whilst I 'd say that the point of the H B F that it 's only a draft publication at this stage , there 's in my view been too mu much over reliance on the reference in there to self containment , you see if we look at that particular paragraph , two point one two , it actually says avoid the development of small new settlements which are not to , sorry , I 'll start that again , avoid the development of small new settlements which are not be likely to be well served by public transport , or which will not be largely self contained . |
| 23 | It 's only a power failure . |
| 24 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |
| 25 | Well it 's only christmas erm it 's only a christmas thing . |
| 26 | I would think so , yes I think , I would think so because the bedroom suite , the bed upstairs er of that er suite is quite a good quality bed , you know , it 's only a spring mattress of course it 's not a , it 's not a box thing like we 'd have today , I mean , what we have in our other room , I 've always intended to change it , but never got round to it , but it er just had a spring mattress , but it was good quality of its time |
| 27 | It 's only a pet name for Henry . |
| 28 | Oh it 's only a tape recorder . |
| 29 | ‘ It — it 's only a business trip , after all , ’ Jenna said breathlessly . |
| 30 | The industry will be standing by gauging the heartiness of their handshakes and the sincerity of their smiles trying to decide whether the hatchet really is being buried or whether it 's merely a Christmas truce . |