Example sentences of "[adv] what a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is exactly what a number of species of birds have done — golden eye , European starling , moorhen and North American cliff swallow among them . |
| 32 | Although I 'd followed the progress of the King trial in the papers , it was only then that it began to hit home what a symbol he had become for the suppressed majority of my city . |
| 33 | Oh , thought Neil , following him , you could see at once what a man of power he was , for all his relative youth , and why Sally-Anne was what she was , her father 's daughter in every way , so alike in will , intellect and temperament , he dared swear . |
| 34 | and it consists I mean you 've got probably what a yard maybe |
| 35 | Probably what a waste of time ! |
| 36 | Learners use language descriptions as a crutch during the learning process ; the teacher needs to know not only which particular crutch or crutches to provide but also what a crutch is . |
| 37 | Reading the book gives you a picture of wiath number of BoB participants think about these topics , and also what a number of learned air historians have concluded on the same subjects . |
| 38 | Can I say also what a load of rubbish the story lines are in Coronation Street at the moment . |
| 39 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 40 | Phonics involves making the appropriate noises for particular symbols : it is , by definition , about reading aloud , or about finding out what a word is by saying it . |
| 41 | Problems that involve working out what a culture may owe to certain technological discoveries — e.g. the wheel , the use of iron , the domestication of the horse , the discovery of writing . |
| 42 | How did we work out what a half was ? |
| 43 | This does n't mean that there are no visual clues to understanding : we all unconsciously use lip and head movements to help us make out what a speaker is saying . |
| 44 | And Margaret said : ‘ I 'm going to find out what a bestseller might bring in . |
| 45 | ‘ The idea was n't greeted with much enthusiasm at first , ’ he says , ‘ But we continued plugging away at the distillers and mounted a back-selling campaign to the airline industry , pointing out what a boon light-weight ‘ Melinar ’ containers would be to them for their in-flight miniatures and duty-free supplies . |
| 46 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 47 | Without the case for these assumptions being established , the formal description merely signals that the writer knows roughly what a sonnet is . |
| 48 | Man goes out into the world and brings back what a family needs to survive but he does n't find a reflection of himself in the home as a woman does . ’ |
| 49 | Oh dear , this is really what a pergola is not about . |
| 50 | The men who came to see you , they would n't think of somebody having to empty their pockets before they play the piano — but that 's really what a woman does , is n't it ? |
| 51 | ‘ I see now what a mistake it was to listen to her , but she planted the seed quite naturally , in her own devious little way , and I thought about it , torturing myself with the knowledge that it was a possibility . |
| 52 | Now what a training performance this would be if this horse could win because he 's trained by Dermott Wilde and do you remember ten days ago he sent out Vintage Crop to win the Melbourne Cup down in Australia . |
| 53 | She had the feeling that he knew very well what a struggle was going on beneath her words — and that he was amused by it . |
| 54 | I I I thank you Mr Mayor , erm well what a load of co Coleman balls , er |
| 55 | Well what a waste of bloody corner , were n't it ? |
| 56 | Well what a lot of people say on the course is I know it 's my responsibility , but I always , I do n't always have the time to train because there 's a lot of backlog , there 's a lot of pressure , it 's and we all say to them that training is like a catch twenty two situation . |
| 57 | Back in Ephesians in the first chapter in in verse three , see it 's easy for us to say , well what a lot of stupid people they were ! |
| 58 | Well what a week , thank God it 's Friday . |
| 59 | And then what a cheat , |
| 60 | Not knowing then what a polyp was , I still found my eyes welling up with tears of relief . |