Example sentences of "what a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot did n't know what a banana tasted like , though she 'd heard Mrs Parvis talk about them often enough . |
| 2 | ‘ What a burn that would be ! ’ they agreed . |
| 3 | Mrs Winston Frederick Churchill Guest , known everywhere simply as C.Z. , has always been a doyenne of taste , leading the type of international life that included friends like the Duke and Duchess of Windsor — ‘ so cute , so tiny , what a chic he had ’ — the Agnellis , Bill and Babe Paley , and the Kennedy 's ( JFK and Jackie ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Certain people always look divine together , ’ she is saying , ‘ the Agnellis ; Bill and Babe [ Paley ] ; Jack and Jackie — divine ! divine ! — The Windsors , so cute , so tiny — what a chic he had — Michael and Molly Phipps ; Diana and Reed [ Vreeland ] … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What a reek . |
| 6 | What a Rottweiler is not is a dog you can keep shut up for twenty-three hours a day . |
| 7 | He is content when he is working , because when he is working he is pleasing his owner and that is what a Rottweiler really loves to do . |
| 8 | Before Kelly 's death I did n't even know what a Rottweiler looked like — that 's how ignorant I was . |
| 9 | Had Maisie said what a stud he was ? |
| 10 | He just limped around gaining more sympathy from his students by hinting what a brute his wife was . |
| 11 | What a brute . |
| 12 | ‘ What a fall that would have been ! |
| 13 | What a spectre , it 's Benny ! |
| 14 | In normal times , I might have been on the next flight out and by morning Miss Schlegel — a schoolgirl , yes , but what a schoolgirl , probably tanned , certainly firm and bouncy , and unquestionably an amateur theologian of weird and savage genius — would have found herself thickly slathered in Noxzema Regular Protective Shave Formula and roped to a groyne . |
| 15 | What a welcome to my new home ! |
| 16 | For Kathmandu the marathon is one of the biggest … grandest sporting events of the year and what a welcome there is for Ieuan Ellis as he races down the straight of the national stadium to win in a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and five seconds … |
| 17 | WHAT A PANE : Randy 's Cessna pokes through the living room window |
| 18 | What a metaphor . |
| 19 | Liphook entertained third placed Mytchett in their last game of the season , and what a thriller it turned out to be . |
| 20 | What a triumph . ’ |
| 21 | What a triumph ! ’ |
| 22 | What a conquest you have made , McAllister , and think what a triumph it would be for a maid-of-all-work to become a curate 's wife . |
| 23 | Does he know what a Hoover 's for ? |
| 24 | This must be what a hangover felt like — except that she rarely drank , and certainly never to excess . |
| 25 | WHAT a spoilsport the Queen is for objecting to the Spitting Image royal puppets being displayed in the window of Liberty in London . |
| 26 | What , what a singing voice ? |
| 27 | The person was a friend and I knew she was a healer — although , as you will have realised , I had little idea what a healer was or did . |
| 28 | WHAT A WINNER |
| 29 | This is memorable because , as all Martin 's sporting opponents agree , words like ‘ Great shot ’ , ‘ What a winner ’ and ‘ Oh , tough ’ come reluctantly to his lips . |
| 30 | " What a champion to send forth ! |