Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daddy sits a lot , doing nothing and muttering to himself and Mummy 's just retreated — she never starts a conversation , or asks a question , or — You 'd think they 'd be over-anxious about me , their one remaining child and perhaps they are , but they have miserable ways of showing it . |
| 2 | Mummy 's just got a broken neck . |
| 3 | Boys , when we next see Gywneth will you be nice and quiet and kind to her , her Mummy 's just died ? |
| 4 | No there not , this is going to be an interim version between one and two , what Dot 's just suggested . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , you need a special key and no one on the programme 's officially got one . |
| 6 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ The President 's just received a telephone call from Zimbala , ’ Kolchinsky said . |
| 8 | That side of tape 's nearly gone , a few more minutes and then it 's finished I think . |
| 9 | And this boy 's just opened the path . |
| 10 | ‘ Boy 's only got what he 's standing up in . ’ |
| 11 | There 's also a market there for people who ca n't afford to buy new product , and obviously still the engine 's still got life in it . |
| 12 | The sun 's just crept right round this house . |
| 13 | Mm that 's what that girl 's just said to me you get a lot of erm , she said he 'll know it 's hard and I was saying that you know I , I put all me eggs in one basket with that , I mean that really knocked me for six |
| 14 | It 's daft , it says a girl 's always got to wear grey if she works behind a counter or in a business 'ouse or as an 'otel clerk . |
| 15 | The work 's just dried up ) |
| 16 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
| 17 | Erm the people who who our training consultant 's just gone to I I I P L ? |
| 18 | He says : ‘ I 'm thrilled my dream 's finally come true . ’ |
| 19 | The ceiling 's just painted in n it ? |
| 20 | The ceiling 's just cracked , the painting . |
| 21 | Erm but I mean obviously it 's a different situation , and the Chancellor 's still got some manoeuvring to do , but we could end up in , in rapid inflation again , because we have n't had it for ten years . |
| 22 | I agree with what that lady 's just said . |
| 23 | The lady 's just had fourteen of these . |
| 24 | Had a call a lady 's just left a message on our reception , to say , Robbo , be careful , it may be a nest of wasps . |
| 25 | Our new record 's just got ta sound different . |
| 26 | without asking , it comes up on the er have er , I 'll ask her first hello it 's the G P G engineer love , yeah , er my pager 's just gone off , is it okay to use my telephone just to answer it please ? |
| 27 | She 's now so good at them , that the Magic Circle 's just made her its youngest member . |
| 28 | And she said , oh my husband 's just renewed his . |
| 29 | It sounds , it sounds odd saying , oh my husband 's just renewed his , it makes it sound as if he has n't had a P S V erm licence for a while . |
| 30 | Her husband 's just collapsed and died ! |