Example sentences of "be a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're a pretty depressed lot at the moment |
| 2 | We 're a pretty gossipy lot , if truth be told . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 're a pretty crude lot . |
| 4 | I think they 're a right bloody problem ! |
| 5 | So they 're a particularly good choice for the first time or retirement home buyer ; your two biggest markets for smaller homes . |
| 6 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 7 | 9.00 pm , and we are fed our complimentary supper of sausages and mash — hardly the food of love , unless you 're a particularly staunch Freudian — and head stodgily back to the dance-floor . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're a completely different sort of person ! ’ |
| 9 | We 're a completely self-contained unit . |
| 10 | You 've just got to be aware , they 're a slightly different shape , and they 're also bigger . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a surprisingly strong swimmer for someone of your slight build . ’ |
| 12 | She remembered Elizabeth saying in the first weeks of her engagement to Alex , ‘ Do you know , you 're a rather intimidating couple ? ’ and she had been tempted to reply , ‘ Oh , we are , we are . ’ |
| 13 | So do I. But I know we 're a rather special case . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'm beginning to realise that you 're a rather sick person , Eleanor . |
| 15 | Well you 're a wor you 're a blooming big girl ! |
| 16 | ‘ Do you not think you 're a little young for all this ? |
| 17 | You 're a little young to be the great tycoon . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're a little early for the party , ’ he joked . |
| 19 | They 're a little expensive ! |
| 20 | ‘ You 're a little mad , Woolley , ’ Hawthorn said . |
| 21 | Just a small point , but I think when people arrive that they they perhaps feel isolated , and that we 're a little unfriendly . |
| 22 | Music Mans are our favourites because they 're a little brighter than Fenders , and the sound spectrum seems to be broader . |
| 23 | They call themselves the cycos — well they admit they 're a little crazy — but then again you have to be to have a go at this . |
| 24 | You 'll be old one day just think when you 're a little old man sitting behind |
| 25 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 26 | ‘ And you 're a most stubborn man , ’ she countered . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're a most beautiful woman . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 're a remarkably fit woman , are n't you , Mrs Hunter ? ’ said the smiling doctor . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're a much better actress than I 'd ever have given you credit for , Aurora . |
| 30 | They 're a much better potato . |