Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was twenty-two years old , and had never had any industrial experience of any sort . |
| 2 | I was twenty-two years old . |
| 3 | Changez 's brother sent him money , too , which was unusual , because it should have been the other way round as Changez made his way in the affluent West , but I was sure celebrations in India at Changez 's departure were still taking place . |
| 4 | I think a lot of it was severe stress and exhaustion : I was 27 years old and I 'd been on the road for about ten years of my life and that band was just so much bigger in people 's minds than it was in reality . |
| 5 | I was eighteen years old . |
| 6 | In 1958 I was eighteen years old , but already had British Open experience , so I was n't completely over-awed at carrying such a great player 's bag . |
| 7 | I was eighteen years old in sixty-four |
| 8 | Twenty years ago I joined the Labour Party when I was eighteen years old which gives an idea of how old I am now . |
| 9 | But I was n't there , and this is to your advantage because I 'm not going to harp on about my favourite Shankly saying , or pretend I was close friends with the man like certain people do . |
| 10 | I was seventy-five years old , you daft bugger , d' you seriously think it was your fault , just because you got your leg over some Judy ? |
| 11 | You know I was four bottles short one day . |
| 12 | When I was four years old the book reads : ‘ Very fond of dressing up , especially in an old nylon nightdress ’ — ‘ the princess dress … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I fell out of a tree when I was four years old . |
| 14 | Although these rules were constantly adjusted under pressure , it was not until 1932 ( when I was four years old ) that the principle of free places in selective secondary academic schools — grammar schools , — for short — was directly challenged . |
| 15 | I was four years younger . |
| 16 | I was four years old when my mother died . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I told you — when I was four years old . |
| 18 | Until I was four years old this sort of behaviour continued , then a brother was born and when I saw him , my first frightened question was : " Can he read ? " |
| 19 | I said I was eight-and-a-half months . |
| 20 | Erm with regard to the leather trade , I worked for until I was fifty until I was fifty-four years old . |
| 21 | This is coming from a 34-year-old goat-mad , nut — but one who also understands the needs and wants of goats , as I have been keeping goats since I was 16 years old . |
| 22 | Jean Sparse , Toddington Drive , Norton , Stockton : I was 16 years old and working in my late father 's general dealers shop in Hartlepool when a customer came in and said the King had died . |
| 23 | From my point of view it was a complete success — fun , interesting and the chance for me to meet someone whom I 'd admired from afar since I was 14 years old . |
| 24 | He explains : ‘ This is because Alex Ferguson helped me on my way in football when I was 14 years old , and taught me most of the things I took with me from Aberdeen . ’ |
| 25 | GEORGE HERRINGSHAW/ASP Bryan Gunn : ‘ Alex Ferguson helped me on my way in football when I was 14 years old , and taught me most of the things I took with me from Aberdeen ’ |
| 26 | I weighed 10 stone before I was nine months old ; by 14 months I was 15 stone and six feet tall standing on my back legs . |
| 27 | When I was nine months old I was taken out to India by my parents who had a theatre company — they still have it , in fact , and they still tour . |
| 28 | I was nine years old and this was the first foreign film I 'd seen ( probably the first most people had seen in East London ) . |
| 29 | By this stage , I was nine years old , and physically very well developed for my age . |
| 30 | Because in 1982 , when I was nine years old , my father 's work brought us to North Cornwall , where the landscapes are among the most magical on Earth and the legend of King Arthur still burns . |