Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [num] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as she 's five and a bit weeks old , it 's five weeks |
| 2 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 3 | She is fourteen and a half , and still in pretty good shape . |
| 4 | The appeal relates to two children : a girl , E. , who is six and a boy , C. , who is 2¾ . |
| 5 | Her mother said : ‘ My son , who is two and a half , has slept in the cot before with no problems and she has always been alright in it . |
| 6 | One 's one and a half . |
| 7 | That one 's two and a half . |
| 8 | two , there 's two and a half |
| 9 | Well I suppose that 's not bad , it 's over four , it 's four and a half |
| 10 | I think it 's nine and a bit now |
| 11 | ‘ No , it is one and a quarter , sir , ’ and he was right . ’ |
| 12 | He 's two and a half |
| 13 | Well all the better for the breastfeeding — Do you know , Inverdarroch her wee Roderick-dhu , he 's four and a half … |
| 14 | Well , wee Roderick-dhu though , he 's four and a half and she still breastfeeds him . |