Example sentences of "a [adj] kid " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julie was a rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher , more daring local boys . |
| 2 | You work and scrape your way into the big time , you achieve most of the things you want — houses , cars , gorgeous wife , foreign travel , all the things you dreamed of when you were a grubby kid — and then , when you settle back to enjoy them , it all goes wrong . ’ |
| 3 | Law was a frail kid with a squint that national health glasses could barely disguise , but his control of a football was awe inspiring . |
| 4 | Roy was like a bloody kid at times . |
| 5 | I suppose to a 12-year-old kid , missing the bus is a pretty big deal . |
| 6 | Plucky ‘ Wendy 's a plucky kid , and we could n't let her down by giving the wrong vibes . |
| 7 | Everything about them is traditional : bluesy licks , Whitfield Crane 's sneering vocals , lyrics about being the devil , a bum , or a mixed-up kid . |
| 8 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's a sensible kid , are n't you , duckie ? |
| 10 | ‘ The results of it can be big , especially for a teenage kid ’ , he says . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's very gifted , wonderful at languages , good at voices and good-looking , He 's a smashing kid and he 's very musical . |
| 12 | ‘ You were a fifteen-year-old kid ! ’ he answered . |
| 13 | And really , thought Mrs. Mounce , she was n't such a bad-looking kid . |
| 14 | For example , Princess and Toad can shrink their sturdy karts into a tiny kid 's toy , while Donkey Kong will drop banana skins in your path . |
| 15 | Aleena 's a serious kid and she 's learned the lesson . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Nobody likes a smart-assed kid . ’ |
| 17 | As a Celtic-mad kid of 11 , Creaney stood wide-eyed on the Parkhead terraces to watch his heroes take on the best in Europe . |
| 18 | The first time I was just a mere kid ! |
| 19 | If you believe our young fans the secret of the film 's success — it broke box office records in the US by grossing £25 million in its first five days — is that it shows a mere kid getting the better of two witless adults . |
| 20 | To be a free-dinner kid was to enjoy a full stomach every single day of the week , puddings and all . |
| 21 | He 's just a kid you can not hit a wee kid . |
| 22 | His palms were sweating , his forehead was wet and itching , he felt shivery , his voice was shaky and his heart was beating fast ; they were cooking , him with the Microwave Gun , bathing him in its evil radiations , heating him up so that he broke out in a lathering sweat and looked like a nervous kid . |
| 23 | ‘ You know , he was just a fine kid . |
| 24 | If there was a black kid and a white kid with equal qualifications who both went for the same job , I would have to put my money on the white kid getting the job , because we 're in a white-dominated society . |
| 25 | Annie was real clever — even though she was only a little kid , like . |
| 26 | But Lee was n't a little kid . |
| 27 | It was his dog they were rescuing but he was clueless like a little kid . |
| 28 | ‘ Come on , ’ he says , like he was talking to a little kid . |
| 29 | ‘ Come on , I 've always wanted to ride on the Wheel , ever since I was a little kid . |
| 30 | ‘ You listen to me , Corby , ’ he says as if he was a hundred years old and me a little kid . |