Example sentences of "was [num] and [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MUM today hugged the new-born baby she feared might might have been injured in a hit and run car crash when she was eight and a half months pregnant . |
| 2 | Master Goreng was eleven and a half years old . |
| 3 | That was 2 and a half years ago . |
| 4 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
| 5 | Only he was six and a half feet in his socks , apparently , which tops me by an inch or two . ’ |
| 6 | Gary was six and a half years old at referral and was described as a very unlovable child . |
| 7 | I was six and a half years the , the minister of Whalsay and Skerries where the first er centre h ha has been built and there was rejoicing in that community that the that social responsibility had been invited by the council to join in this work . |
| 8 | Though he was fortunate to secure the friendship of the ruthless Ras Mikael of Tigre , who at that time dominated Abyssinia , it was three and a half years before he could leave the country . |
| 9 | That was three and a half years ago . |
| 10 | Well w we just er opened it s I think it was three and a half days a week . |
| 11 | But when I started it was fifty-two and a half hours a week yes . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I did a dreadful thing , the worst thing of my life , when I was twelve and a half years old , or I feel that I did , and nothing can change it … ’ |
| 14 | Their volume of production was one and a half times greater , and they were engaged chiefly in clothing , woodwork , skins , and agricultural repairs . |
| 15 | A test at Darlington police station revealed Crowther , an assistant manager at the Hurworth VG shop , was one and a half times the legal limit for driving . |
| 16 | Do you know how much it was when we got our first house , just before we were married , it was n't two and a half times your salary , it was one and a half times our salary |
| 17 | It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ? |
| 18 | I had allowed plenty of time to return to the Commons to vote , but the train was one and a half hours late . |
| 19 | The official winning margin over Bering was one and a half lengths . |
| 20 | Wayward Lad was one and a half lengths further away in third , Silver Buck a tired and remote fourth , and then Ashley House stayed on up the hill to pass Combs Ditch amid cheering never before heard for a horse running fifth ! |
| 21 | I carried Emily — she was one and a half years old then . |
| 22 | The working day was ten hours long , sometimes starting at 3 am , and the expected rate of completion was one and a half yards [ 1.4 m ] a day , though , with extra inducements two yards [ 1.8 m ] or even more could be achieved . |
| 23 | By 1990 cash spending on the NHS was two and a half times what it had been in 1979 , topping £27 billion and making the DOH the second largest spending department ( NAHAT 1990 ) . |
| 24 | The swollen testis was two and a half times the size of the normal one and very hard . |
| 25 | but I , I disagree with them lending money to the extent , the old way was better when it was two and a half times the salary , your salary |
| 26 | The launderette was two and a half blocks from the house ; probably less than three hundred yards . |
| 27 | Their maximum lead was two and a half minutes and on the descent of Blackstone Edge Rice broke a spoke and had a wheel change as the Dutchman eased until they were together again . |
| 28 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
| 29 | It was two and a half years since I had seen them and it gave me a lot of hope just to know that they were still in good shape , although they both looked much older . |
| 30 | It was two and a half years since she 'd seen her godchildren , Emma and Sophie , who 'd last been in England with their parents on a Christmas visit , staying with Sir David and Lady Wyndham . |