Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] usually a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she is usually a well-known public figure , who need not have any connection with the academic world ( such as a member of the Royal Family ) . |
| 2 | It 's usually a good move to enclose a reply card to encourage a prompt response : Thank you for your kind invitation I/We … will be able/unable to attend . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's usually a banana and satsuma . ’ |
| 4 | When actors say they want to be like Cary Grant , it 's usually a sign they 're about to make the worst movie of their career . |
| 5 | It 's usually a case of one shepherd and his meagre flock having to support a wife , God knows how many children , plus brothers and sisters and aged relatives . |
| 6 | I go shopping every day , and by the time I come back it 's usually time for the baby to have her food at about twelve — and then she usually sleeps till about two , and then I cook lunch for him [ the two-year-old ] so that in the evening it 's a tea , although it 's usually a cooked tea . |
| 7 | When you borrow from a bank or building society , it 's usually a good idea to take out loan repayment insurance , then you wo n't get behind with your monthly instalments if you fall ill or lose your job . |
| 8 | It 's usually a trouble-free procedure , but occasionally there 's a problem over whether you 've really been living apart . |
| 9 | Yes come on Charlie be brave , a noun , yes , a something is n't it , a , if you write a or the in front of a word it 's usually a noun , okay , so just keep listening for the a and the . |
| 10 | It might not be cos you might have got the formula wrong and you 've got every one of them wrong but it 's usually a good sign . |
| 11 | and makes a c sound then it 's usually a K. |
| 12 | No it 's usually a water wall . |
| 13 | Ah so you start off start on Wednesday evening and then it 's usually a daily dose and Thursday you can restart your water tablets , once again one in the morning , okay . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's usually a bad sign , ’ continued the plump Mrs Quickly as she swung her headscarf over her head . |
| 15 | ‘ No , perhaps not , since it 's usually a response to things lost , or ended , and you still have Jones , ’ Luke conceded cynically . |
| 16 | It 's usually a good idea to arrange for grandparents or a good friend to look after them until you 're fairly organised in your new home . |
| 17 | Said she , she 's going in for her fourth operation presumably to have this stapling done again , she says I believe that she 'd be far more counsellor , I , I would of thought she , she would of had counselling anyway before they go to stage of operating , surely , I mean , er do n't they look in into sort of psychological aspects of it , it 's usually a |
| 18 | Yeah , cos it 's usually a Friday , they do mess me about ! |
| 19 | It 's usually a good idea to do the biggest ones first get those out of the way . |
| 20 | Although it 's usually an ache , some people get sharp , shooting pains and other just mild discomfort with pins and needles . |
| 21 | Call it a rites-of-passage novel , a coming-of-age novel or a coming-out novel , it is usually a writer 's way of exploring how the early years can irritate to life the otherwise dormant sensitivities that produce the itch to write fiction . |
| 22 | It is usually a three foot rod , often beautifully carved as a love token , onto which the prepared material is bound by a ribbon , traditionally red for a girl , blue for a married woman . |
| 23 | It is usually a waste of time trying to explain the dangers , especially if the patient feels in a self-pitying mood . |
| 24 | It is usually a written document directed to decision makers , conveying facts , opinions , information , interpretations and possibly recommendations . |
| 25 | However , for patients in their forties it is usually a simple matter to establish them on similar insulin regimens to the Type I patients . |
| 26 | When a new factory starts it is usually a part of a chain of industries and so usually it is placed near others in the chain . |
| 27 | It is usually a matter of saying yea or nay . |
| 28 | When people cough in the movies , it is usually a sure sign they are going to die . |
| 29 | Companies do not normally recognise this as a liability , because it is usually a remote contingency where accounts are prepared on a going concern basis . |
| 30 | ‘ So they are well above the crowd and it is usually a lot safer than most displays . |