Example sentences of "'s [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible a gas power station could use the turbines to produce electricity again … but the nuclear reactor is fated to become an architectural curiosity |
| 2 | Yeah that 's right a mirror and then that 's a screwdriver in . |
| 3 | That 's right a bit of a wank yeah , turn it on . |
| 4 | That 's right a letter that we 're taking him to court |
| 5 | that 's right a month a year , go back and do the basics |
| 6 | What 's that a condom ? |
| 7 | What 's that a gun . |
| 8 | What 's that a triple ? |
| 9 | There 's half a can in there still . |
| 10 | You , my dear , you 're half in love with your husband , then there 's Martha who 's half a child and half a girl , Richard who ca n't give up being half in the Navy , Willis who 's half an artist and half a longshoreman , a cat who 's half alive and half dead . |
| 11 | There 's half a mil ’ for whoever finds the ponce , right ? ’ |
| 12 | That 's half a kilo , six eighty |
| 13 | There 's half a banana there . |
| 14 | Later , an Anti-Terrorist Branch detective would tell his Inspector , ‘ Middle of the day , well-used street , and no bugger saw anything , not even the little kiddies , nothing that 's half a description . |
| 15 | In his valley the ploughing 's started and , because his family 's small , no one could be spared to come with him to help him fetch his wood and water — and although the water 's nearby , the firewood 's half a day away . |
| 16 | From Britain — you 'd probably smuggle it to France , put it through a maze , you know , take it south , country roads ; that 's half a day with two drivers . |
| 17 | There 's half a cabbage |
| 18 | There 's half a bottle left from that whirligigousticon sickness last winter . |
| 19 | That 's half a sack . |
| 20 | $850,000 — that 's half a mill more than we got to do Easy Rider . |
| 21 | I often wonder about this er a demijohn would imply that 's half a john would n't it ? |
| 22 | So we 've said that , so that 's a hundred interview sheets twelve hours in a day usually , unless your name 's Billy , twelve hours in a , half a day , should of said , so that 's twelve hundred times two two thousand four hundred so that 's half a box , call it two and a half thousand |
| 23 | A lurcher has all the necessary speed to catch and seize any speeding rabbit or even hare , but in truth virtually any dog that 's half a dog can catch a bolting rabbit during ferreting . |
| 24 | What 's half a circle called ? |
| 25 | There 's half a potato left from yesterday , which I 'll give to her . |
| 26 | Ah but th th th there 's a rack and w one goes on and holds the horn post up to the boot while it 's driven , then it comes out and there 's two , one 's half a tooth , so it ensures one or the other 's in , and they work like that . |
| 27 | Er now here 's another A sound . |
| 28 | What 's this a recall of last week ? |
| 29 | If you 've been put off a simple d-i-y job which involves mixing concrete or mortar because it 's such a hassle , then the Odjob is for you ! |
| 30 | We do a lot of road work with him to keep him fit , but he 's such a liability ; I 'm always worried that he 'll come down on his knees . |