Example sentences of "she was [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I carried Emily — she was one and a half years old then .
2	When she was two and a half , we all went on holiday in France with the two boys .
3	There is nothing in the later history of this laconic diarist ( who was my maternal grandmother ) that would suggest that she was other than a normal ‘ teenager ’ of her time .
4	She was tired and a little afraid .
5	She was five and a half when she entered school for the first time .
6	He thought of her as the child , though she was married and a mother .
7	A MUM today hugged the new-born baby she feared might might have been injured in a hit and run car crash when she was eight and a half months pregnant .
8	‘ She was four and a half when I first saw her , ’ explained Libby .
9	But she was worse than a headmistress ; she was the Rector 's wife .
10	He or she was poorest when a child when the maternal family had most dependents , in early middle life after marriage and the arrival of young children and again in old age .
11	She was diabetic and a cause for concern .
12	She was stronger than a roach , as strong as an ox .
13	She was German and a right pain .
14	She was apyrexial and a maculopapular rash was present on her arms .
15	Apart from dog sitting , she was free and a year later the two are still together !
16	She was old and a snob .
17	She was looking-tired and a little sad .
18	‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . ’
19	‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems .
20	‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems .
21	‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems .
22	He would have turned down millions if the woman had been ugly or ill-bred or disagreeable He liked Anna ; he thought she was charming and a credit to himself , and he meant to look after her .

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