Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surfwear brands like Quicksilver , Billabong and Gotcha all sell here — they 're so well established — but if someone 's wearing a name like Fat Willys , then you know they 're a joke surfer . ’ |
| 2 | in our time lary meant someone 's wearing a sort of bright green an |
| 3 | It really does sometimes feel like someone 's playing a trick on my head . |
| 4 | Someone 's left a cup and saucer on the table , and when someone comes round , I pretend I 'm drinking just in case they ask what I 'm doing . |
| 5 | When someone is asked a question , it is likely that before answering he will direct his gaze away from the questioner 's eyes ( Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) particularly if the question requires some thought . |
| 6 | If someone is asked a question and replies yes or no it will be understood that the question is now answered and that there is nothing more to be said . |
| 7 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
| 8 | There is no pronounced tug of any kind , just a tremor coming up the line that feels as though someone is drawing a hacksaw blade across it . |
| 9 | Under fire from referees for his comments as a defence witness at Salisbury Crown Court last week , Kelly retorted : ‘ When someone is facing a prison sentence and all the immediate trauma that it involves for his family , I believe the sensitivities of referees should come second rather than first . ’ |
| 10 | I realise that , if someone is driving a car , and sitting behind him is a lady with a handbag and a man with fangs , he may feel it wiser to drive in the slow lane . |
| 11 | When someone is purchasing a vehicle erm they are told that they have a guarantee or a warranty , in actual fact it 's mechanical breakdown insurance . |
| 12 | Here someone is changing a wheel on the hard shoulder as traffic speeds by . |
| 13 | Here is an example , from one of our front-room tapes , in which someone is answering a question about why football is not so popular nowadays . |
| 14 | Connect them to the radio , especially Radio Four whose discussion programmes give the impression someone is having a conversation . |
| 15 | They can suddenly escalate because someone is carrying a blade . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ 'E 's taken a fancy to you , John mate . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A company which is seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange is obliged to prepare and publish listing particulars . |
| 19 | Market uncertainty forced Hays , the business services group which is seeking a stock market listing , to revise the launch price for its offer for sale scheduled to take place this month . |
| 20 | Le Corbusier talked of the " man-of-today … following in his leisure the organic development of his existence , which is to create a family and to live , like every animal on this earth and like men of all ages , an organized family life " ( 1927p 268 ) . |
| 21 | Today the firm 's rehearsing a presentation to a major public company which is conducting a beauty parade . |
| 22 | It is an exciting time for Douglas Reyburn which is undergoing a period of change that is the most significant in its sixty year history . |
| 23 | One is she 's very interested in the occult , erm , she actually practices tarot card readings , and what she calls the crystal oracle , and she gave me a brief explanation , which is throwing a load of rocks up a cloth er , but I 'm not going to push me |
| 24 | Council tenants in Dumbarton are calling for an independent inquiry into the running of the housing repairs department which is facing a cash crisis and a huge backlog of work . |
| 25 | But I think we , we , we do have to recognize that , that not only are we looking at a land reform process which is providing a lot of peasants with what |
| 26 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
| 27 | Moreover , not having a job strikes at that aspect of citizenship which involves the carrying out of social duties , one of which is to earn a living for oneself and one 's family . |
| 28 | This other more rigid lever which is gouging a hole in the knee of my tights must be the hand-brake . |
| 29 | PU-coated leather : a cheaper , lightweight leather which is given a polyurethane coating to make it more waterproof . |
| 30 | The kit comes complete in its cardboard case , which is given a fabric texture and embellished with gold lettering . |