Example sentences of "'s a [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | They used , they used to be about ten quid and you , we all thought it was really good value and went to all of them but erm they 've gone up to like eighteen pounds well that was the last one I went to last year so some of them are twenty two and I paid thirty for one of them but that was at the erm Savoy Hotel that little bluebird one , that 's a real debs ' ball . |
2 | ‘ That 's a real politician 's answer , ’ said her tormentor , grimly . |
3 | It 's a serious cook 's kitchen . |
4 | I lick your boom boom now Money , money , money , money , money , it 's a rich man 's world ooh , ooh , ooh , ooh . |
5 | That it 's a nice man 's shop . |
6 | And if you spill your supper in your lap , well , the shop 's a dry cleaner 's agent too . |
7 | It 's a professional killer 's trick , I gather . |
8 | And I said there 's a , there 's a new children 's ward will open at the Wandsbergh Hospital perhaps they would like something . |
9 | Anyway , I said I 'd make enquiries as to what was wanted and I said because there 's a new children 's ward will open at the hospital and perhaps they would . |
10 | ‘ It 's polite of you to say that , but it 's a young man 's venture this — well , that 's not to call Fael-Inis a man precisely , and that 's meaning no disrespect either , ’ he added to Fael-Inis , who replied with grave courtesy , ‘ None in the world . ’ |
11 | It 's a sardonic pilgrim 's progress ; a furiously lyrical meditation on the corrupt culture of male glory and the parasitical art of the deal . |
12 | It 's a good artist 's sketch of a building , ’ he said , but warned that giving more money to Congress was like giving an alcoholic a liquor store . |
13 | ‘ Does that mean it 's a good beginner 's break ? ’ |
14 | And she was saying that 's a right bitch 's such a bitch 's such a bitch and then to she goes I like you but Shavina 's a fucking bitch . |
15 | Now , obviously this is three four four five , and that 's allo that 's available to each person , so if it 's a married couple , they 'll each get that amount , then there 's a married couple 's allowance , which is worth seventeen twenty , and that can be moved either to the male or the female or split er under the regulations as they stand . |
16 | But all the guitar playing on it is fantastic ; it 's a brilliant guitarist 's album . ’ |
17 | Well I I think it 's a whole summer 's job is n't it ? |
18 | Here 's a quick consumers ' guide : |
19 | It 's a beautiful man 's shop . |
20 | That 's a full day 's work |
21 | So are you talking , you 're saying to me that 's a full term 's work ? |
22 | ‘ No , it 's a gorgeous summer 's evening , what do you think ? ’ she jibed in return . |
23 | The NAACP denounces The Silence of the Lambs because Hannibal the Cannibal shares his name with an African general , and the killer is Buffalo Bill ( yes , that 's a white man 's nickname , but the buffalo , NAACP explain patiently , is associated with Native Americans ) . |
24 | I 'm not being funny , but she 's a white man 's woman , do n't you think so ? |
25 | In Britain , it 's a white ravers ' thing , the subject of much piss-taking among the black rap hardcore . |
26 | His chest is so bad , it really ma , it 's a bad smoker 's cough . |
27 | If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video . |
28 | Then there is Honest Ed 's a five-storey Aladdin 's cave of the cheap and gaudy . |
29 | ‘ It 's an anatomical artist 's dream , ’ she thought . |
30 | I think it 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin . |