Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was tiny but a reminder that there are still poisonous snakes in the region — a fact which is all too easy to forget . |
| 5 | In retrospect , it was ironic that a year after Syria was partitioned , another small ethnic group took the opposite path to protect its identity . |
| 6 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | well he should only be eight and a half , I mean they told us he was three and a half when he was rescued . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | He was equable and a pessimist and very gay in everyday life . |
| 11 | And , actually it was more than an hour and a half . |
| 12 | She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ She was four and a half when I first saw her , ’ explained Libby . |