Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [was/were] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My creature was two and a half metres tall . |
| 2 | My stomach was tighter than a baby 's fist |
| 3 | I took my parents when I , my son was two and a half , and I can honestly say that my son , I was n't able to devote as much time as I would have wanted to give . |
| 4 | Er , I I had to care for my elderly parents when my son was two and a half and I had a six month old baby and er , I would agree with the previous speaker , it certainly does change your life . |
| 5 | The crews knew them as Spivs , and initially their speed was such that a driver complained : ‘ I 've been catching seagulls with that thing ! ’ |
| 6 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 7 | Pupils were significantly less likely to have participated in the follow up studies if at baseline they had reported being smokers or having previously smoked or tried cigarettes , if their father or mother was a smoker , or if their father was unemployed or a manual worker . |
| 8 | His voice was softer than a goose 's neck , almost inaudible , and he kept his eyes turned away . |
| 9 | ‘ With every part of me , ’ he said , and his voice was rough and a little unsteady and Robyn , in that moment , knew that what he said was true . |
| 10 | His Spanish was harsh and a little guttural . |
| 11 | His hand was large and a little wet . |
| 12 | His expression was grim and a muscle above his right eye started to twitch . |
| 13 | She called to Plummer that his breakfast was ready and a moment later he ambled in , followed by Hitch . |
| 14 | The man had white bone things above his eyes and under the mouth so that his face was longer than a face should be . |
| 15 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |