Example sentences of "[adv] 's a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are some really good women writers around at the moment ; Shawn Colvin 's excellent , and so 's a woman called Ferron , although she got kind of pigeonholed into ‘ women 's music ’ , and I think that 's limited her audience . |
| 2 | I know seven o'clock 's a bit late for several people here for getting up , so anybody 's who particularly keen on fitness can join Norman Foster who sits over there , for his early morning run . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm tellin' ye , Denis , yon 's a voice , a real voice , ’ Jock was saying . |
| 4 | This laugh now 's a bit hysterical , but it 's a proper laugh . |
| 5 | " Now 's a fine time to tell me ! " |
| 6 | ‘ I was just thinking that now 's a good time . |
| 7 | ‘ Then now 's a good chance to break yourself of it , ’ he encouraged gently . |
| 8 | now 's a chance to erm |
| 9 | ‘ Ere 's a penny for the tram fare and try to be as quick as you can . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ere 's a letter from Coventry manager Bobby Gould . |
| 11 | ‘ Tomorrow 's a bit awkward , ’ she says , twisting her shoe back and forth on the ground . |
| 12 | Tomorrow 's an ordinary day for you Frank is n't it ? |
| 13 | I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in . |
| 14 | Mark & I are driving south on Thursday , and as today 's an Edinburgh holiday , it will mean a 2–day working week for one ! |
| 15 | But here 's a toast to all those who played a part in this fall of a climbing journalist : my climbing friends , the helicopter rescue team , the doctors and nurses and our superb National Health Service ( coming from Ebbw Vale I knew one day I 'd have cause to be thankful to Aneurin Bevan ) . |
| 16 | You choose lighting for mood and activity — here 's a complete house guide |
| 17 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 18 | 5 If you wonder how someone like Sam Fifield-Hall ( page 87 ) keeps her flagstones looking polished , here 's a tip : detergent and heavy steam-cleaning wash away the glow with the dirt , so Sam suggests a quick once-over with a broom , then a soft-shoe shuffle in sheepskin slippers . |
| 19 | ‘ Here 's a bit of news that 'll cheer you up . |
| 20 | Here 's a fiver . ’ ' |
| 21 | HERE 'S a rather touching letter to the troops from Captain Robert Maxwell , headed simply : Our Home . |
| 22 | Here 's a typical example of a Viz comic strip : Dad gets a new putter for Christmas and says ( to onlooking wife and guffawing son ) , ‘ Oh ! |
| 23 | Now here 's a gang of Brits following them and picking their money up . |
| 24 | Here 's a crusty roll — must n't show my ignorance and cut it with a knife , have to tear it to pieces as if it was my worst enemy . |
| 25 | ‘ Here 's a nice little dell . |
| 26 | I never thought , here 's a chance to be taken seriously . |
| 27 | Peter Hough ran through his investigation into a photograph of what appears to be an alien clutching an intergalactic attaché case on Ilkley Moor in a slide show which was like a conceptual exercise in boredom ( ‘ Here 's a slide of the letter I sent asking to hire a Geiger counter to search for radioactive traces left on the moor by the alien … |
| 28 | Now , here 's a fine young fellow if ever I saw one . |
| 29 | Here 's a selection for special aroma : |
| 30 | I mean , Kylie Minogue in a wheelchair would not be Kylie Minogue , because if she went on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ it would be : ‘ Here 's tragic Kylie , here 's a scene from her hospital bed ’ , then she 'd sink into never-never land — bye-bye . |