Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RUC men who had conducted the police investigations were fiercely indignant and a senior officer threatened to resign . |
| 2 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 3 | Cos er there were only four and a half inch divide in brick walls . |
| 4 | But though diesels made sense on paper , some staff were not convinced and a few even changed jobs to escape employers who imposed diesel cars on them . |
| 5 | All in all , secondments were richly rewarding and a great source of satisfaction to the secondees . |
| 6 | In 1986–87 there were approximately two and a half inmates to one officer . |
| 7 | Rehearsals were nearly complete and a replacement for her was out of the question at such short notice . |
| 8 | Last year there were nearly eight and a half thousand road accidents in Oxfordshire . |
| 9 | Many questions were asked on these papers by the Panel , and the other thing that I thought was very revealing , is one point that I 've been hammering away at , is the fact that they actually produced these figures for U K car registrations over the last 10 years , 10 years ago there were one and a half million , last year there were nearly 2 and a half million . |
| 10 | Well , we were really disappointed and a few of us said so . |
| 11 | It was a good day and Svolvær looked rather a special place , but we were now tired and a campsite was priority . |
| 12 | On the way back we were about two and a half miles from Fordingbridge when disaster struck . |
| 13 | And , if she were here three and a half minutes , that 's all she were 'ere , and it and it 'em fifty quid . |
| 14 | I must admit that my first few days in my new home were quite strange and a little frightening . |
| 15 | I used to buy the shuttlecocks in the town toy and sports shop and cut the rubber end off , then squeeze the protesting guinea-pig ( I did use one once , just on principle , but as a rule they were too expensive and a little too big ) up through the funnel of plastic until it sat round their waist like a little dress . |
| 16 | Many of them believed that they were failing to find jobs because they were too old and a large number of the older respondents had become reconciled to the prospect of never working again . |