Example sentences of "'s usually a " in BNC.

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1 There 's usually a restaurant and shop on site though .
2 The fella in here 's usually a bit starchy , I mean the young 'un , not the old one , not the manager like . ’
3 There 's usually a helper with the minibus and also we can send a member of staff , so that there 's plenty of help at hand . ’
4 It 's usually a good move to enclose a reply card to encourage a prompt response : Thank you for your kind invitation I/We … will be able/unable to attend .
5 ‘ It 's usually a banana and satsuma . ’
6 When actors say they want to be like Cary Grant , it 's usually a sign they 're about to make the worst movie of their career .
7 ‘ There 's usually a lot of tension on movie sets , but on these films it 's so easy to work in unison .
8 On the day of the studio there 's usually a good atmosphere in the office .
9 A car picks them up from wherever they 're staying and there 's usually a phone , so they can ring us up if they get stuck in traffic jams , or if there is a last-minute change of plan .
10 It 's usually a case of one shepherd and his meagre flock having to support a wife , God knows how many children , plus brothers and sisters and aged relatives .
11 I do n't know what the one , the the there 's usually a theme for every one world week each year and I do n't know what the theme is for this year .
12 I go shopping every day , and by the time I come back it 's usually time for the baby to have her food at about twelve — and then she usually sleeps till about two , and then I cook lunch for him [ the two-year-old ] so that in the evening it 's a tea , although it 's usually a cooked tea .
13 When you borrow from a bank or building society , it 's usually a good idea to take out loan repayment insurance , then you wo n't get behind with your monthly instalments if you fall ill or lose your job .
14 It 's usually a trouble-free procedure , but occasionally there 's a problem over whether you 've really been living apart .
15 There 's usually a fair amount of hash around , I 'm told , mainly distributed , as elsewhere , by people whose profit consists of a ten-spot , cut off a quarter , for themselves .
16 Then there 's usually a student ( or undergraduate ) registry that looks after college admissions , examinations , records , timetables and so on .
17 Yes come on Charlie be brave , a noun , yes , a something is n't it , a , if you write a or the in front of a word it 's usually a noun , okay , so just keep listening for the a and the .
18 It might not be cos you might have got the formula wrong and you 've got every one of them wrong but it 's usually a good sign .
19 and makes a c sound then it 's usually a K.
20 No it 's usually a water wall .
21 In the case of a word processor , there 's usually a border around the working area and a menu either along the top or the bottom of the screen .
22 There 's usually a change of paying departments not always but you 'll find no no break apart from er the lessening of income .
23 So you 're okay on graphs , because there 's usually a question on graphs which er if you you you know if you 're okay on them , pretty easy marks ?
24 Although they are , they must be to the people concerned but I mean , a pet 's usually a dog , cat or bird is n't it ?
25 When proper gentlemen start in with the fists there 's usually a woman at the bottom of it .
26 Ah so you start off start on Wednesday evening and then it 's usually a daily dose and Thursday you can restart your water tablets , once again one in the morning , okay .
27 ‘ It 's usually a bad sign , ’ continued the plump Mrs Quickly as she swung her headscarf over her head .
28 ‘ No , perhaps not , since it 's usually a response to things lost , or ended , and you still have Jones , ’ Luke conceded cynically .
29 Do n't expect it to be easy because there 's usually a patrol of Rexxon fighters in the area .
30 There 's usually a small charge for the service , but nowhere near the amount you mention .
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