Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 2 | Even so , I was rather surprised that a family must pay 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for kids to visit and listen to the BBC 's exhibition of favourite old radio programmes at Broadcasting House . |
| 3 | I was as happy as a pig in shit . |
| 4 | I was as sick as a dog . |
| 5 | I was as stiff as a poker , and as red-hot with pain . |
| 6 | and I was better qualified than a lot of guys in my class and yet they left college and got a job right away ! |
| 7 | Whatever her reasoning , I was greatly shocked that a woman of her achievements and reputation should stoop to such shabby fibbing . |
| 8 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 9 | I was more baffled than a pregnant postulant in a eunuch 's prefab . |
| 10 | I wanted to join in , but I was only two and a half , and this was the first time I had been left with people I did n't know . |
| 11 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 12 | I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar . |
| 13 | I was about sixteen and a half then or going for seventeen aye . |
| 14 | That was when I was about fourteen and a half . |
| 15 | Even though I was about eight and a half . |
| 16 | She was clearly more than a shop assistant . |
| 17 | Ellie knew this well , although she was barely five and a half years old , because she and Patsy had talked endlessly about the problem as they sat up in their cot while their father and the ‘ broth ’ played cards below them in the living room . |
| 18 | She was visibly astonished when a strange little giggle broke from him , after which he stared at her defiantly . |
| 19 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 20 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 21 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 22 | She was as strong as a little horse . |
| 23 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 24 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 25 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 26 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 27 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 28 | Wearing Havvie 's ring , a diamond heirloom given to all Blaine brides , laughing , talking and playing with him as the London season began , Sally-Anne persuaded herself that she was as happy as a girl could be , Terry Rourke 's betrayal wiped out and forgotten . |
| 29 | She was as bright as a button . |
| 30 | When she was examined , she did indeed have a nasty attack of herpes , but the doctor who looked at her noticed that she was as brown as a berry . |