Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the whole of Russia there-was a dearth of agricultural goods caused mainly by the Famine , and a comparative glut of industrial products from the towns . |
| 2 | It 's quite difficult to , to get at erm , the other , all the other costs because they 're a myriad of tiny things . |
| 3 | I mean , if she had a marriage with him and she had the relationship and now you 're a good friend to him , and you 're a friend to her , she 's probably very jealous of the fact that you 're |
| 4 | ‘ You 're a friend of his , ’ Creed said . |
| 5 | ‘ Fifteen hundred , ’ Turner said , ‘ but since you 're a friend of Mitch 's . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You say you 're a friend of Mike 's . |
| 7 | ‘ People say that you 're a friend of the Opera ghost , Madame Giry , ’ Monsieur Armand began . |
| 8 | ‘ Annunziata says you 're a friend of my sister-in-law , ’ Comfort said rather abruptly . |
| 9 | I gazed at the picture of the crocodile pool and all I could think of to say was , did the gallery owner give you a discount because you 're a friend of Robert 's ? |
| 10 | Merlyn said : ‘ You 're a friend of Oliver West then , Mr Cobalt ? |
| 11 | And I believe you 're a friend of Iris 's ? ’ |
| 12 | Whe whereas the building trade would say oh I 'll take you , you 're a friend of mine , I 'll take you you 're a friend of I can take you , you 're a friend . |
| 13 | Whe whereas the building trade would say oh I 'll take you , you 're a friend of mine , I 'll take you you 're a friend of I can take you , you 're a friend . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're a friend of Dr Puddephat ? ’ , she heard someone ask . |
| 15 | Tell them you 're a friend of mine . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're a friend of hers ! ’ the man snarled before she could finish . |
| 17 | They 're a kind of protest group , I guess . |
| 18 | We 're a kind of little click [ clique ] . |
| 19 | You 're a kind of Supremo now , are n't you ? |
| 20 | We are not as accomplished as the best German orchestras , and this is not because we are bad string players , but simply because we 're a kind of pot pourri , we have all kinds of different string styles in England . |
| 21 | You 're a grandmother of how many children now ? |
| 22 | And not only that , I 'll tell you what I 've longed to tell you for some time , that I think you 're a fool for not having responded to it , for not having done something about it before now . |
| 23 | You 're a fool in some ways when you 're too smart for your own good . |
| 24 | If you 're a member of a rambling club why not help organise a walk for local disabled people ? |
| 25 | " You 're a member of the organization now — and we take care of our own . |
| 26 | Finally , you can also make additional voluntary contributions , but only if you 're a member of a works scheme . |
| 27 | And when we say , or the A N C and democratic organizations say , that you need a five percent vote to cross the hurdle to get in to the assembly and then you , you , you 're a member of their parliament so to say and then what do we hear ? |
| 28 | if you 're a member of parliament |
| 29 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 30 | It 's very expensive to for what it is , I mean it 's fifteen pounds a ticket but if you , if you 're a member of course you get in reduced |