Example sentences of "i was [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " 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 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 3 | ‘ After my father died , when I was five and a half , she used to make me bath myself all alone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " I was 11 and a half stone ( 160lb/73kg ) when I began the WNAS diet . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | I started school to er Bowvale School on Dovecote Lane at Eastwood , when I was two and a half . |
| 8 | Maybe I was lackadaisical and a bit self-indulgent . |
| 9 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |
| 10 | ‘ I was puzzled when a paper recently called me a ‘ bread head ’ . |
| 11 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Because I was older and a bit more staid I was going to have a hard time . |
| 14 | I first started when I was seven and a half . |