Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] [coord] a [noun] " 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 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 6 | ‘ He was mischievous and a bit of a tearaway . |
| 7 | A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed . |
| 8 | He was young and a butterfly , flitting from branch to branch and all the time climbing . |
| 9 | ‘ He was unruly and a distraction in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Since he successfully sued The Face for alleging he was gay and a hypocrite for denying it , he has attracted a lot of abuse . |
| 12 | He was equable and a pessimist and very gay in everyday life . |
| 13 | well he should only be eight and a half , I mean they told us he was three and a half when he was rescued . |