Example sentences of "there [is] [indef pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I leave it in the end — there 's summat a bit scary about him . |
| 2 | ‘ But surely there 's everything a man needs to live here — food , fruit , fish , breadfruit ? |
| 3 | I believe there 's nothing a man ca n't do once he 's made up his mind . |
| 4 | And the erm , there 's one a bit further which is |
| 5 | Oh I think there 's one a month , we had one last week |
| 6 | Middle-class notions of respectability enable policemen and women ‘ to tell just by looking at someone whether there 's something a bit suspicious about them ’ and ‘ to be able to recognize a decent member of the public ’ ( FN 20/6/87 , p. 20 ) . |
| 7 | I 'm interested you talk about ‘ stamping of feet ’ , because this fantasy of offing Mrs Thatcher , as though this would somehow solve everything , as if the ‘ evil ’ in this country were n't a lot more structural and entrenched — well , there 's something a bit childish and petulant about it . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's something a bit seedy about this side of the canteen , I 'm afraid , ’ she began , lighting a cigarette . |
| 9 | So let's see if there 's anyone a bit more meatier and we get to know their character a bit more . |
| 10 | Erm so it 's in terms of erm er , careful logical field work erm there 's not a great deal of information , but there 's , th , there have been early anatomical historical er investigations and there is something a literature erm dating from early in the nineteenth century which and it shows you the bloke who also resolves to , to , to make comparisons with what she found . |
| 11 | There is nothing a baby likes more than to see something brightly coloured an interesting . |
| 12 | There is nothing a woman wants so much as to be in love , and the odds are very much against two ‘ right ’ people ever finding each other . |
| 13 | There is nothing a five-year-old likes better than being read to , although he may spend considerable time looking at books himself and may even pretend to read . |
| 14 | In the downtown area there is everything a visitor could want including a park for children . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not sure there is anything a state can do to change the economics of the airline business , ’ Mr Crandall said . |