Example sentences of "but it was [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was killed by a needle-like instrument ( punctured wound the report says , but it was four and a quarter inches deep ) going into his kidney , renal artery , peritoneum and loop of jejunem . |
| 2 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
| 3 | But it was that or a Vauxhall . |
| 4 | And er the half hour was er erm we had nine and a half five days , that was er from eight till half past five I do n't know but it was fifty-two and a half hours , from eight till half-past twelve on a Saturday and er |
| 5 | More than 95pc of calls were answered within the government 's deadline of 19 minutes but it was inevitable that a handful would cause problems . |