Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 2 | And I was impressed that a Harley Street gynaecologist was prepared to boil his own kettle . |
| 3 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 4 | ‘ After my father died , when I was five and a half , she used to make me bath myself all alone . |
| 5 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 6 | " I was 11 and a half stone ( 160lb/73kg ) when I began the WNAS diet . |
| 7 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 8 | I started school to er Bowvale School on Dovecote Lane at Eastwood , when I was two and a half . |
| 9 | Maybe I was lackadaisical and a bit self-indulgent . |
| 10 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |
| 11 | ‘ I was puzzled when a paper recently called me a ‘ bread head ’ . |
| 12 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 13 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 14 | Because I was older and a bit more staid I was going to have a hard time . |
| 15 | I first started when I was seven and a half . |
| 16 | Her smile seemed to me to be defiant and triumphant and accepting all at once , which was ridiculous since a smile is only a smile : sometimes honest , sometimes forced no more . |
| 17 | In an attempt to sway Scottish shareholders of Distillers and to influence Scottish public opinion ( which was anxious that a merger with Guinness might reduce Distillers ' involvement in Scotland ) , Guinness promised during the campaign that the ‘ largest part of our business will be Scottish-based ’ , that Scotland would be the ‘ decision-making centre ’ of the company and that Sir Thomas Risk , Governor of the Bank of Scotland , would be appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the combined group . |
| 18 | We describe a female patient who developed both these conditions , the treatment of which was unsatisfactory until a thymectomy was performed . |
| 19 | I occasionally got ten shillings , which was more than a week 's as much a week 's wages . |
| 20 | Meanwhile there were those in the British government ( notably Duncan Sandys , the minister of defence ) who were convinced that a time might come when the United States , from fear of Soviet nuclear attack against itself , might hesitate in its support of Europe . |
| 21 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 22 | In any case , the repressive methods employed by the Armed Police , the Civil Guard and the legal system itself were more than a match for unarmed industrial workers . |
| 23 | When she was two and a half , we all went on holiday in France with the two boys . |
| 24 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 25 | He thought of her as the child , though she was married and a mother . |
| 26 | ‘ She was four and a half when I first saw her , ’ explained Libby . |
| 27 | But she was worse than a headmistress ; she was the Rector 's wife . |
| 28 | He or she was poorest when a child when the maternal family had most dependents , in early middle life after marriage and the arrival of young children and again in old age . |
| 29 | She was diabetic and a cause for concern . |
| 30 | She was stronger than a roach , as strong as an ox . |