Example sentences of "it be a real [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves . |
| 2 | Let it be a real change . |
| 3 | I can imagine , when we have set up the institutions and signed in principle to the treaty , the Whips coming up to me and saying , ‘ Look here , Spicer , you are talking about this opt-out as if it were a real option . |
| 4 | We 've got to realise that there 's going to families out and about , and what we 'll do is the aircraft er I have n't seen the scenario on paper , but just off the top of my head , I can tell you that the aircraft will make their approaches to the base as if it were a real target . |
| 5 | If you can get your book out in reasonable time I can see it being a real winner , and position-wise it wo n't do you any harm , that 's for sure . |
| 6 | It 's a real education , you know ! ) . |
| 7 | It 's a real name . |
| 8 | ‘ When you have to cut your own screws from old nails like we do , I tell you it 's a real eye-opener . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Listen , ’ said the pig , ‘ for you it 's just an offering — for me it 's a real sacrifice ’ . |
| 10 | Well yes , well they 're actors , cos it 's a real film in n it ? |
| 11 | So if , if they , if everything 's planned out , it 's a real straitjacket for them . |
| 12 | There 's nothing more difficult — it 's a real feat of engineering . ’ |
| 13 | You look like you just landed back on earth or something and it 's a real shock . ’ |
| 14 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a real bastard ! ’ |
| 16 | It 's a real wrench and a disappointment . |
| 17 | Coach Mike McClennan admitted : ‘ With all the tough games to come before and around Christmas , it 's a real setback . |
| 18 | ‘ Oi vey , in the country it 's a real tzuriss getting from village to village . |
| 19 | fifty pounds , it 's a real bugger . |
| 20 | Practise applying your make-up so that it looks as though you 're not wearing any at all — it 's a real art , but it can be done ! |
| 21 | You do n't actually come out whistling any tunes from it , but it 's a real weepy with good sets . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a real rest for my daughter , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Let let can I tell you in conjunction with Lincolnshire erm the N F U produced a leaflet that they 're circulating to a hundred thousand of their membership in er , it 's a real mis-match of counties , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Notts , Lincolnshire right , and er we 've got our logo on the back er , because I checked the er you know checked the content of it , and it did n't put too much onus on police setting up schemes and what not , but the N F U are delivering one of these leaflets in the next week or two to every one of their members in er that particular area , so no doubt we 'll be getting some er contact with it . |
| 24 | I hope not , it 's a real hassle to do , so |
| 25 | Now in her case we put her on two fifties but that i uses up an awful lot of skin and it 's a real hassle , so er |
| 26 | But I do n't know thing is it 's a real hassle carrying it around is n't it ? |
| 27 | It 's a real worry with him being so far away . |
| 28 | ‘ Sure , it 's a real problem . ’ |
| 29 | and it 's a hell of a job getting them knots out of his fur , it 's a real problem |
| 30 | The other side of that is that I think a lot of dons are increasingly concerned at the level of alcohol consumption and the sort of behaviour that can emerge as a result of it , you know I do sense that many of us think it 's a real problem . |