Example sentences of "it was [adj] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was unsuccessful and a disaffected Scottish gentleman , Sir John Barclay , had to make his escape to the continent . |
| 2 | It was predictable but a little sad that you did n't get any of this sense of detail at Strains of War . |
| 3 | Well , it had n't changed much , except that it was bigger and a lot of schoolboys were apparently prancing round the sacred portals of Pierremont House . |
| 4 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
| 5 | It was tiny but a reminder that there are still poisonous snakes in the region — a fact which is all too easy to forget . |
| 6 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ? |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ It was non-stop and a terrible , terrible strain for him . |
| 13 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But it was that or a Vauxhall . |
| 16 | I did wonder if it was a nightmare because it 's so vivid … have you ever had something you remember from your childhood which was so horrible and awful that you 're not quite sure whether it was real or a nightmare ? |
| 17 | Er like one ounce has gone and we talked to some people who have tried it it was alright but a bit gakky at times |
| 18 | It was interesting but a bit comical , really . |
| 19 | It was silent and a little damp . |
| 20 | The place was run down , but Jane decided on it because it was beautiful and a bargain . |
| 21 | Well w we just er opened it s I think it was three and a half days a week . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But if yo , if it was bitter and a bit of lemonade it would drink it , nothing else . |
| 24 | But when I started it was fifty-two and a half hours a week yes . |
| 25 | 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 |