Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it 's it 's a dimension you can bring into it . |
| 2 | Right it 's a bootleg it 's a bootleg , that 's it , it 's a good word , bootleg . |
| 3 | But , the best thing to do is to see him at his off where he works , he 's a tailor you know that , do you ? |
| 4 | Spruce , signed just three seasons ago from Widnes Tigers amateur club , said : ‘ After switching about a lot this season I 've settled in well at full back and it 's a position I really enjoy . |
| 5 | There 's a sense in which editors are very good at deciding what headlines are , and there 's , there 's a sense which you ca n't do a great deal about it . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 7 | Yeah and the lad from work 's a scouser he 's said it , I 'm going home now to watch the football , I think he 's going there actually , I think he could be there , Rob you know him |
| 8 | It 's a courtesy which is important . |
| 9 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 10 | Er I th I think if the honourable member pays attention he will appreciate that the boundaries are the nub of the issue in terms of er electoral systems and the common electoral system to which this country is a signatory in agreeing that that should be where we are er headed , is a principle which I believe that this er commission should have been asked to address , it should have been what was happening er at this time in the history of the European parliament , should have happened long ago but sadly it 's a principle which both Labour and Conservative governments in the past have preferred to ignore frankly for their own electoral benefit . |
| 11 | Well that 's a trout we had Wendy gave us did n't she ? |
| 12 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 13 | Where 's a , if you can get a I forget what it 's called now , they advertise in erm er is it Telegraph , Times it 's a newspaper which is just for jobs abroad . |
| 14 | Wo n't be now , he 's a Londoner he 's bound to have had one ! |
| 15 | ‘ No , but there 's a wife who wo n't be too pleased with her husband . |
| 16 | She decided not to see Phil and his band Genesis even though he 's a friend who played at her 30th birthday party in the Savoy Hotel and she has no engagements that evening . |
| 17 | ( That 's a voice I do n't know . |
| 18 | If you drive from er I remember being stopped by one of those men in the dark glasses erm if you drive from Maine into New Hampshire the speed limit in Maine is sixty five and the speed limit in New Hampshire is fifty five and you just cross a si er y there 's a signpost which says welcome to Maine or New Hampshire , whichever way you 're going , and the second you cross that line , theoretically , you have adjust to the different speed limit . |
| 19 | Oscar , oh it 's a comedy you know |
| 20 | Dad could probably give us everything that 's happening , but now he 's a deacon he has to keep quiet . |
| 21 | So the gradient it 's a ratio it 's not no units to it , not metres millimetres or anything else , and it 's the tan of the angle . |
| 22 | Mates of theirs if there 's a fight they come back with blades and that and like baseball bats , hammers , they get ready for a fight , but they 're all gone . |
| 23 | Trying to ignore the disturbing effect he had on her heart-rate , she said crisply , ‘ Well , if it 's a fight you 're hoping for … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If it 's a fight you want , ’ he said thickly , catching her kicking legs and lifting her violently in his arms , ‘ you 've got it ! ’ |
| 25 | I says to him oh look there 's a fight it might be worth having an automatic . |
| 26 | ‘ And she 's a lady who always sleeps — slept — with her window open . ’ |
| 27 | estate , er the big , big compound they have stills and there 's a lady who actually does it as a living |
| 28 | There 's , there 's another thing I , another thing I 'd like to mention which Chris has n't mentioned this afternoon is , that is that a lot of the pamphlets that you are handed out here , generate from 's office , copying and things like that , all very helpful , which would cost us a bomb outside , and we get them free , so you know , they , they do help the pensioner a great deal that 's why I said when she came in that 's a lady I admire very much and respect , cos she 's very good to pensioners . |
| 29 | So it 's a distance they 've got away from the start . |
| 30 | Oh that 's a relief I thought ! |