Example sentences of "he was [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gustave met Mme Schlesinger at Trouville : he was fourteen and a half , she twenty-six . |
| 2 | To tell me he would , she would come when he was four and a quarter . |
| 3 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 4 | He was intrigued and a little disturbed by George 's attitude . |
| 5 | He was slight and a light yellow colour , with round shoulders , and Martha felt he was friendly . |
| 6 | ‘ He was mischievous and a bit of a tearaway . |
| 7 | ‘ I could see something was there ; Bernard had the persistence to obtain the site , he was doing something positive — already he 'd got a steel frame constructed for a building where the freight was formerly loaded — he was practical and a great motivator at the same time . ’ |
| 8 | A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed . |
| 9 | Only he was six and a half feet in his socks , apparently , which tops me by an inch or two . ’ |
| 10 | He was young and a butterfly , flitting from branch to branch and all the time climbing . |
| 11 | ‘ He was unruly and a distraction in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers . |
| 12 | he was articled And a … sorta trainee at |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Since he successfully sued The Face for alleging he was gay and a hypocrite for denying it , he has attracted a lot of abuse . |
| 15 | Here he was surprised and a little frightened to find that he was being carried further out to sea . |
| 16 | He was fair and a persuasive speaker with a natural talent for diplomacy and leadership . |
| 17 | But to show he was independent and a big boy he had lately taken to spelling his name with a small letter : martin . |
| 18 | He was equable and a pessimist and very gay in everyday life . |
| 19 | well he should only be eight and a half , I mean they told us he was three and a half when he was rescued . |