Example sentences of "'s [det] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , my dear , you 're half in love with your husband , then there 's Martha who 's half a child and half a girl , Richard who ca n't give up being half in the Navy , Willis who 's half an artist and half a longshoreman , a cat who 's half alive and half dead . |
| 2 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 3 | It 's such a pity because I do adore him so . " |
| 4 | And it 's such a triumph when you capture it . ’ |
| 5 | It 's such a want when they have been there so long , that it 's like losing a human being . |
| 6 | I mean it 's such a variety and it 's involved both face to face and direct sales that er er I know I stopped you right in the middle of your spiel there . |
| 7 | You 'll have a brilliant time , it 's such a laugh but you ca n't drink , that 's the only thing , you ca n't drink inside , they do n't sell alcohol unless you 've got I D and there 's about four people there that are actually eighteen anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's such a tragedy because they were a close family . |
| 9 | It 's such a feeling that my love I ca n't hide , I ca n't hide , I ca n't hide |
| 10 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 11 | And he 's travelling along the road and the next thing there 's such a bang and it would n't go any further ! |
| 12 | You say all the other girls are going , and if it 's such a bargain as you say , then I do n't see why not . |
| 13 | it just fell on its face and it 's such a shame that the land like that er , er rich in everything , neglected themselves to that state that they 're begging for food |
| 14 | I think it 's such a shame that he 's gone and put that wretched wirenetting fence so close to the road |
| 15 | ‘ It 's such a shame because the team has done so well on the pitch and manager Barry Fry is trying to do his best . |
| 16 | ‘ Either I 'm mad or people reincarnate , or there 's such a thing as possession , or … |
| 17 | ‘ What I say , constable , is ’ — and now it was Arthur speaking — ‘ there 's such a thing as 'arassment , that 's what they 've told me when I 've been up afore the old bloke . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's such a thing as greed , Emily , and sad to say brothers are capable of hating each other , take Cain and Abel for example . ’ |
| 19 | The guy went mad at him saying , ‘ How dare you say there 's such a thing as prejudice ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe there 's such a thing as having too much of a good thing , ’ she flung at him caustically . |
| 21 | But there 's many a missus as needs to be home when her old man comes in from work on a Thursday , if she 's to get her proper share of his pay-packet . |
| 22 | It 's all a bit iff in the clouds |
| 23 | And it 's all a situation that was predicted back in nineteen eighty eight when the government cut benefits for sixteen and seventeen year olds . |
| 24 | ‘ So it 's all a bonus when I think of where my head was two years ago . |
| 25 | You know what happens — people hear but they do n't want to become involved in case it 's all a game and they are made to feel foolish . ’ |