Example sentences of "and [adj] was the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the places he sent it to was Happy Towers in Edgbaston in Birmingham , which was a Mecca ballroom , and that was the first gig we did , complete with a revolving stage and everything . |
| 2 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 3 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 4 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 5 | And that was the first |
| 6 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 7 | And that was last summer and that was the next summer and the girl , one of the gir the people that was in the car gets a letter |
| 8 | More important to his diplomacy , however , were the links through women , and that was the third line for his diplomacy . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a little headache , ’ she admitted , and that was the third lie she had told him that night . |
| 10 | We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . |
| 11 | And that was the last anyone ever saw of him . |
| 12 | Gradually , as the armies pushed on through France , French airfields were taken over by the RAF and the Americans , and one day Jimmy and Henry were posted to a station near Rennes and that was the last we saw of them . |
| 13 | And that was the last time she had seen her father alive . |
| 14 | But it behoved her to tread warily if she did n't wish to find her new-found freedom curtailed and that was the last thing she wanted . |
| 15 | A fourth plane came in at Dibrugarh while we were waiting there , and that was the last . |
| 16 | But at the next instant from the other side of the Residency echoed another , even greater , explosion and that was the last of Dr Dunstaple 's house . |
| 17 | And that was the last time I saw him . |
| 18 | Plus , my friends would only end up nagging me about my weight and that was the last thing that I wanted . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And that was the last time you saw him ? ’ |
| 20 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 21 | And that was the last he saw of them ? |
| 22 | And that was the last he saw of them . |
| 23 | Robyn found herself saying , ‘ So he went for a drive to let off some steam and that was the last … ’ |
| 24 | There is no poor law infirmary nearer than Waterford , so I took her there , and that was the last I saw of that dreadful day . |
| 25 | She came and collected the keys , and that was the last I heard from her . |
| 26 | Of course the damn thing would n't start and that was the last straw . |
| 27 | Erm , could I sort of use that as a lever , to remind people on the yellow sheets that we forgot about , and that was the last one , the sixteenth of December , and er , I think that 's , that 's an element of personal er , commitment to the Fire Service which is so divided . |
| 28 | I thought you meant if there was a builder here and that was the last one you sell you . |
| 29 | Although it was late she did this , kissed me goodnight and that was the last I saw of ever her . ’ |
| 30 | Charlie turned , smiled , and that was the last thing he remembered of the Battle of the Lys . |