Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 2 | We were fearful that a halt or a delay would result in other unfortunate occurrences in the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | At Aldridges of Bath recently , for example , auctioneers and saleroom alike were astonished when a Pountney and Allies meat plate , showing a view of Hotwells with the Irish packet St Patrick sailing up the river , sold for £1,600 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 6 | Mr Donovan , 23 , Australian star of the West End hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , brought the action after the magazine published a doctored photograph and article which , he claimed , implied that he was homosexual and a liar and hypocrite for denying it . |
| 7 | It was tiny but a reminder that there are still poisonous snakes in the region — a fact which is all too easy to forget . |
| 8 | In retrospect , it was ironic that a year after Syria was partitioned , another small ethnic group took the opposite path to protect its identity . |
| 9 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
| 10 | In the sixties , fashion was such that a girl or a fella could afford a new Biba dress or John Stephen shirt every other week , they cost 35s 9d and who cared if they fell apart at the launderette . |
| 11 | well he should only be eight and a half , I mean they told us he was three and a half when he was rescued . |
| 12 | Yer was pretty as a picture an' I said ter meself straight away , ‘ Fred ’ , I ses , ‘ this 'ere little lady is gon na be good fer yer business . ’ |
| 13 | He was equable and a pessimist and very gay in everyday life . |
| 14 | And , actually it was more than an hour and a half . |
| 15 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ She was four and a half when I first saw her , ’ explained Libby . |