Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternative medicine 's okay , but the old religion 's a bit sort of pushing it . |
| 2 | It may not be a nice little earner , but a gong 's a gong and the OBE is certain to keep her Indoors happy . |
| 3 | The actual skirt , the skirt 's a blueyer green . |
| 4 | ‘ If rhythm 's a drug I 'm hooked on you/Show me every move/We 've got perfect motion ’ — just like Madonna or Betty Boo at their best , this is pure and damn-near perfect pop , and for once it 's even better in the flesh . |
| 5 | My girlfriend 's a Villa fan but is n't always happy about it especially when I suggested painting the bedroom claret and blue . |
| 6 | Old Shallot 's a suspect again ! |
| 7 | Old Shallot 's a brawling man : a born street fighter and a soldier who has seen more battles than many of you have had hot dinners . |
| 8 | ‘ My quadrille footwork 's a bit on the rusty side , ’ Matthew said . |
| 9 | Former Foreign Secretary and S D P leader Dr David Owen says the election result 's a personal triumph for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl . |
| 10 | So the parts are free but the labour 's a hundred |
| 11 | Custard 's a bit hot . |
| 12 | ‘ The drawing 's a bit vague , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The agent 's an awful duffer when it comes to dates . |
| 14 | But what good 's a brick to a drowning man ? |
| 15 | said Bomber Smith , ‘ What good 's a feather bed to a fast bowler . ’ |
| 16 | What good 's a bed with no extra nurses ? |
| 17 | What good 's a bed with no extra nurses ? |
| 18 | ‘ So , the Luger 's a German gun — and who were the first major users of chemical weapons on this planet ? |
| 19 | Cos I 've got a bit er my blood 's a bit thick round the scar so disperse the blood . |
| 20 | Ah the Wonderman 's a hundred . |
| 21 | My mind 's a blank I 've been in that many different jobs now . |
| 22 | My mind 's a blank . ’ |
| 23 | As he laid out his instruments on squares of cloth like a surgeon , he said , ‘ You know , Pop , fishing 's a very good relaxant . |
| 24 | That Anya 's a real nogoodnik . |
| 25 | Football 's a game for a laugh when wacky Charlton 's about |
| 26 | And football 's a gentlemen 's game played hoo hooligans . |
| 27 | On this occasion his achievements were measured in terms of the £160,000 which his departments had contributed to rate relief during his tenure : ‘ No man is more deserving of the thanks of the ratepayers than Mr. Furness whose enthusiasm and enterprise has made his department 's a wonderful source of revenue for the town ’ . |
| 28 | Granddad 's a long way away , he 's on holiday . |
| 29 | You can be a hot-shot driver and very quick and gutsy , but it does no one any good if all you can do when your car is n't performing is pull into the pits and say the car 's a pig . |
| 30 | Next to it was a red Porsche 944 with a bumper sticker which read ‘ My other car 's a Porsche as well . ’ |