Example sentences of "it was [adj] and 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 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
4 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 |
8 | It was one and a half hours later before they reached him , caught up in all the plants , still shouting ‘ What have I done ? |
9 | 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 |
10 | ‘ It was non-stop and a terrible , terrible strain for him . |
11 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | It was silent and a little damp . |
14 | The place was run down , but Jane decided on it because it was beautiful and a bargain . |
15 | Well w we just er opened it s I think it was three and a half days a week . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | But if yo , if it was bitter and a bit of lemonade it would drink it , nothing else . |
18 | But when I started it was fifty-two and a half hours a week yes . |
19 | 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 |