Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I is there a lot there ? |
| 2 | Furthermore , the fact that Haines must report to the Jockey Club Stewards and has no authority to act unilaterally has inevitably led to suggestions that his is merely a token appointment . |
| 3 | ‘ You did hit him in the stomach — and that briefcase of yours is quite a solid design , after all . |
| 4 | Yours is only a sleeping life . ’ |
| 5 | Aah said as 'ow 'e 's only a poor little thing . ’ |
| 6 | Theirs is sometimes a robust way with Mozart , but it remains pleasantly flexible both tonally and rhythmically , and in the first work of all ( K19 d ) they show the kind of skill that unfussily makes the natural-sounding best of the conventional material written by a boy of nine on his London visit . |
| 7 | Theirs is indeed an urgent and communicative account . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's only the same age as Tommy but I think she 's already a good enough organist to start playing in church on Sundays . ’ |
| 9 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 10 | She 's probably a softie underneath , but , like Gillian , does n't suffer fools . |
| 11 | She 's probably a bit miffed that she 's not coming with us . |
| 12 | She 's probably a hooker . |
| 13 | Euston , St Pancras , the Gare St Lazare ? ) , or personality disorder , or fooling around , bit on the side , well she 's away a lot visiting her sister . |
| 14 | Sometimes she holds onto my arm in the street — you know , just natural , like I 'm a girl and she 's just a friend or summat . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's just a bit mental . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's just a silly old woman . |
| 17 | I like all her records , especially the early stuff and things like ‘ The Hissing Of Summer Lawns ’ and ‘ Don Juan 's Reckless Daughter ’ — she 's just a great musician and poet . |
| 18 | She 's just a mass of opinions — when you dig down , it 's amazing how little she knows . |
| 19 | She 's just a girl , a juvenile delinquent . ’ |
| 20 | She 's just a cross we have to bear . |
| 21 | She 's just a chit , and a knowin' one at that , who 's been brought up in a different atmosphere . |
| 22 | She 's just a prop . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , she 's not so bad really , ’ said Dolly , ‘ she 's just a bit overflowin' , that 's all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She 's just a bloody pessimist , ’ said Louis . |
| 25 | ‘ Like I say ; I could have got the baby-sitter to help me with him , but she 's just a skelf … not our regular girl . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's just a girl ! ’ he shouted again . |
| 27 | She 's just a good businesswoman . ’ |
| 28 | She 's just a kid to him . |
| 29 | I 'm afraid she 's just a name to me . ’ |
| 30 | " She 's just a little bit prejudiced . " |