Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] a real [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , Alison , that vicar of yours sounds a real attention seeker . |
| 2 | She has a real body of work — nineteen novels , poetry , plays , criticism . |
| 3 | Moving in the kind of world she does , she has a real eye for what looks good . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She sounds a real character . |
| 5 | We have argued that much communication is English-based , and in education it constitutes a real choice since a purpose may be the teaching of specific English structures through sign . |
| 6 | Wears glasses , and he looks a real idiot ! |
| 7 | He has a real fling |
| 8 | Beaumont is encouraged by recent results that support his belief that he has a real Gold Cup contender in Jodami , currently 8-1 for the chasing crown . |
| 9 | He has not been bought to play like Hughes , but to score goals — and he has a real chance of doing that . |
| 10 | He has a real church to manage . |
| 11 | ‘ He makes a very interesting villain , ’ Sarris says ‘ He has a real talent . |
| 12 | all these fucking people have diving they can see he has a real gun |
| 13 | He has a real medal chance so if Henley wants a local hero it 's time to pay up . |
| 14 | yeah it looks a real treat it does and it 's just taken that Cuprinol nicely but mind you I did n't put it up too thick I well it 's had two coats so it does , it looks a treat so er I 'm a I 'm very pleased with it anyway and er the woman there , Rita |
| 15 | It has a real siren and flashing lights . |
| 16 | The sanction imposed is real and effective since it satisfied all three conditions required by Community law ; it is adequate in relation to the damage sustained by the claimant , since the claimant is put in the position in which she would have been had the discriminatory refusal to hire her not occurred , both as concerns the post of employment and the income therefrom ; it has a real deterrent effect on the defendant bank who will not only have to pay the amount of about seven years ' monthly salary , plus interest , but will furthermore find itself with an additional employee ( the claimant and the man hired in her stead ) ; it is the same sanction as the one imposed for any other illegal refusal to hire . |
| 17 | The Edinburgh Summit will tell us whether it has a real will to succeed . |
| 18 | Top management must devote time to communications and also show that it has a real commitment to improving communications |
| 19 | It 's small , it has a real community . ’ |
| 20 | However , he sees a real threat from future object-oriented environments like IBM/Apple 's Pink and Microsoft 's Cairo , which will both be important , he says . |
| 21 | Similarly the government may have a clear policy on transferring houses from the public sector to the private sector , but it lacks a real housing policy . |
| 22 | His lyrics are abysmal tosh , his singing voice so stunted , adenoidal and gumby that it takes a real effort of will to remember that this is n't a joke , that this man is actually worshipped as a rock god by literally millions of depressed , terminally adolescent would-be heroin addicts worldwide . |
| 23 | ‘ He sounds a real bully to me , ’ she said . |
| 24 | ‘ He sounds a real charmer , ’ I offered . |
| 25 | But that is misleading for it implies a real object now dismembered . |
| 26 | The smaller the black hole , the shorter the distance the particle with negative energy will have to go before it becomes a real particle , and thus the greater the rate of emission , and the apparent temperature , of the black hole . |
| 27 | That is one reason why we look forward to some progress being made with the Milk Marketing Board so that it becomes a real marketing institution . |
| 28 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |