Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 In real life he s a bollox left back .
2 It 's a celebration tinged with irony .
3 There 's a utility called convert that takes a GIF file and turns it into a BMP .
4 The survivalist culture of the ghetto insists that , instead of leading ever fuller lives , we should strip ourselves down for action and retaliation : it 's a culture fascinated by war games , fitness , one-upmanship .
5 Right so there 's a gas given off which is ?
6 ‘ He claims to have met him for the first time at the Windorah ; it 's a bar frequented mainly by foreigners .
7 something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government .
8 Cos when I was coming home from Pete 's a bloke stopped me er whatever 's that noise ?
9 A ‘ stringer ’ is n't just a freelance — it 's a correspondent based away from head office whose local contacts give him an on-the-spot usefulness which far surpasses that of a reporter sent out from head office . ’
10 With my father being positive that I 've got no problems at work , though , they 've guessed , of course , that there 's a lady involved , but — ’
11 There 's a space provided . "
12 Then there 's a song called ‘ Disagreed ’ , which Tony did n't think could be released , ‘ for certain reasons ’ .
13 Oh it 's not a thick creamy one , it 's a home made one in n it ?
14 table and there 's there 's a pencil attached by a string to the desk .
15 It 's a film called Seventh Heaven which is about a love affair in the sewers in nineteen twenty seven .
16 There 's a bed made up in the room across the landing from mine .
17 The surprise statement was greeted with scepticism by protesters who say they believe it 's a ploy designed to throw them off their guard .
18 That 's a weekend gone for a ball of chalk !
19 think there 's a stigma attached to smoking now .
20 There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears !
21 And do n't forget that if it 's a hotel based development he can go on letting his unsold units in the normal way .
22 There 's a hotel marked .
23 There 's a couple gassed themselves , and their son in their car because their dog died !
24 Have to watch way you go around it 's a pity gone over there really
25 Erm Down in Downend there 's a pub called The Folly ?
26 turn right at the lights and er , then take the first left and there 's a pub called The Bull
27 Then you notice there 's a pub attached to it called the Wight Mouse Inn which sells six superb real ales , 365 different whiskies and has live music every night .
28 ‘ There 's a writer called Honoré d'Urfé — ’
29 Ann I wonder how it it must feel if you hear that and you know it 's a kid involved ?
30 That 's a memory shared by Ronnie Biggs who'se living in enforced exile in Brazil …
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