Example sentences of "be a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cambridge , you 're a great waster of time . |
| 2 | I hope you do n't … would you sign this , please — you 're a great fan of mine . ’ |
| 3 | Well yeah , they 're a better breed of men yeah , exactly |
| 4 | They 're gon na think we 're a right bunch of swearing pigs on there ! |
| 5 | FILE SERVERS MAY LEAD DULL LIVES , BUT THEY 'RE A CRUCIAL PART OF ANY NETWORK . |
| 6 | It might , but if say we said over a year , and we said there 're a total number of fifteen members of staff , |
| 7 | For instance , calling up and asking , ‘ Can I speak to Bill — um , Bill Jenkins ’ may lead a PA to believe that you 're a close friend of his . |
| 8 | They 're a fantastic chain of opticians . |
| 9 | They 're a rich source of vitamin A and beta carotene , and research has shown these nutrients to be vital to the healthy growth of skin , eye tissue , hair and nails . |
| 10 | They begin with a lukewarm rendition of their second single ‘ Suzanne ’ and exude a self-conscious hesitancy , although I 'm told they 're a roaring juggernaut of assurance compared to their earlier live self . |
| 11 | Nothing against them personally , in fact they 're a decent lot of fellows . |
| 12 | You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’ |
| 13 | You 're a good man of science . |
| 14 | They 're a good way of starting off your suntan before you go on holiday . |
| 15 | We 're a good mix of people that set the trends , the ‘ see and be seen ’ generation … |
| 16 | I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading . |
| 17 | They 're a constant source of amazement . ’ |
| 18 | If you recall any of these events , you 're a true child of rock'n'roll … someone from whom 112 ROCK'N'ROLL GREATS will have very special meaning . |
| 19 | You 're a big boy of four . " |
| 20 | With some , it 's along the lines of ‘ if you want the latest version , go out and buy it ! ’ , with others , it 's ‘ if you 're a registered user of the product , you can upgrade to the latest release for the cost of the disks , or even download it from our Bulletin Board System . |
| 21 | I feel they 're a little bit of a waste of time … the course I 'm doing , I 'm gaining knowledge which I can use ; which , I mean , you ca n't really use a history degree unless you 're going to be an archaeologist or an historian or a teacher . |
| 22 | Well they 're a full record of all the deductions and so on and so forth are n't they ? |
| 23 | Er , your officers have always , extremely cooperative in that way , and that they 're a particular group of officers , they do n't like to agree with everything that we say , and we have to go with robust discussions . |
| 24 | I mean that they 're a valuable source of fund raising in the schools for example , erm and I would not , they are also a valuable source of fund raising people that need to raise money to buy their kids Christmas presents and so on , you know , I mean people , they 're not all market traders or people shifting stolen goods at car boot sales . |
| 25 | They 're a pulling back of your excess expenditure . |
| 26 | They 're a unique record of some of the world 's most isolated areas … and the people who live in them . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're a dirty-minded bunch of troublemakers , ’ she had told them . |
| 28 | No that , I I just walk like that Sir , they 're suede , they 're a special way of walking . |
| 29 | They 're a fine bunch of fellas , grand , each one of them . ’ |
| 30 | Yeah , you 'll have to learn about woman Toby they 're a funny bunch of creatures . |