Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 if you just leave it stuck out , stuck outside somebody 's liable to break in are n't they , if they see
2 She 's easy to talk to — it was like meeting a friend . ’
3 she 's easy to get on with is Eileen , probably be shattered with talking after she 'd gone , but she 's easy I mean I , there 's lots I would n't want coming to stay , but Eileen is one I do n't , I would n't mind because , well oh I know Eileen 's ways and er , er , her , my interests are very much like hers we 've similar interest with family and everything , er it 's just if you 've nothing in common with them
4 She 's better to talk to than write to , if you know what I mean .
5 I mean once she 's tidied up she 's nice looking when she 's had a good polish and what have you .
6 But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with .
7 no , she 's desperate to get away .
8 She 's well do n't she give her mother any
9 Oh she 's fifteen coming on sixteen is she ?
10 I quite like her as a colleague and she 's very pleasant as a casual friend but she 's impossible to live with .
11 But she 's keen to point out that at her school you 'll learn to ride like a real cowboy and NOT like John Wayne .
12 She 's two exhausted after the long journey to go shopping.She just wants to go home .
13 I was lying in bed , happy , and then Marie comes home and she 's all bashed up , then she says I hate her .
14 I think she 's all set to do herself some permanent harm if she pushes it any harder . ’
15 They , they think now that they 've got a feeling that this might be taken out , all these testing schemes and stuff because I said to them , While their argument is that while she 's doing these SAT schemes , and she 's following this , she 's all worked up ,
16 she 's all worked up , she 's all nervous because she 's , she 's trying to get through them and Michael is going er further and further away from his maths .
17 who Sukey ? , she goes to me , he I doubt , doubt if he 'd fancy me , but she 's just like , she 's all going I doubt if he fancy me and do you think he does ?
18 She 's all wrapped up warm with this big old coat on .
19 Betty Maxwell says she 's sad to see them go , but , quite simply , she needs the money .
20 she 's awful looking
21 At 26 , it seems she 's anxious to hang on to her youthful good looks and reckons that a happy face helps .
22 She 's anxious to show me this pasty that she 's made .
23 10 After she 's finished eating , she retreats to the middle of the perch .
24 Denice is never late , so we 've been told , and she 's due to arrive at any moment .
25 She 's due to calve next month , ’ Albert said .
26 The day before she 's due to leave hospital , Gillis Tate talks to her nurse about the care she 'll need at home .
27 She 's due to have a hip replacement operation in a few weeks time .
28 But she 's sure to have some ideas about my future , and — and , well , she 's been so marvellous all this time , running the house and looking after poor Daddy , that of course I must consider her now .
29 She 's sure to have got out the best china and baked a meat pie or something .
30 But it was her , and I was thinking after she 's sure to have retired now .
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