Example sentences of "'s [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 2 | He 's formed a useful partnership with Gordon Hunter and may retain his place in spite of the fact that Tommy McIntyre and Neil Orr are again available . |
| 3 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 4 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 5 | I do n't remember it being that much last year , but she 's using a different board this year so maybe that 's something to do with it . |
| 6 | He 's using a veterinary ultrasound scanner adapted from machines used in maternity hospitals . |
| 7 | I mean , th th they 're just moving away from the issue , because it it 's using a psychoanalytic stories . |
| 8 | ‘ So she 's to see a head man , is she ? |
| 9 | He 's joined a growing band of young homeless in Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | For businesses affected by the strike , it 's proving a long wait . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's a very busy man , but he has not missed a session , and he 's proving a great asset . |
| 12 | Now , for the final time we 're heading way out west with the man who 's given a whole new meaning to the term ‘ cowboy ’ — John Millar of the Daily Record . |
| 13 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 14 | With his friend , Michael Whitehall , he 's producing a new drama series for ITV called , The Good Guys , starring himself and Keith Barron . |
| 15 | And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . |
| 16 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 17 | She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church . |
| 18 | He 's committed a libellous slander , based on heresay , making the most obscene remarks about Katherine and the marriage not being consummated . |
| 19 | " You probably think my life 's some kind of tragedy , but I 'll tell you — one of the hardest parts of it 's keeping a straight face . |
| 20 | Her father , a net maker , earned a " scanty subsistence " which was " not much enlarged by my mother 's keeping a little day-school for the girls in her neighbourhood " . |
| 21 | She 's launching a unique register that will hold information on every horse in three counties . |
| 22 | Is that , that the first one that 's opening a creamy coloured one ? |
| 23 | Now she 's opening a new science block as part of a two million pound development at Barnwood Park School in Gloucester . |
| 24 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 25 | Look at that she 's scoffed a Picnic bar , now she 's scoffing a bloody Crunchie ! |
| 26 | She 's delighted a local team has won . |
| 27 | Given the number of mergers that have happened over recent years , it 's becoming a rare event when a firm can celebrate its centenary with the same name it started out with . |
| 28 | Steve Kay , the friend he 'd been out with , says it 's just an example of how Swindon 's becoming a dangerous place to live in . |
| 29 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's becoming a real nuisance . |