Example sentences of "was [num] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thirty-five and had a while to wait , everyone reckoned . |
| 2 | The woman , who alleged the abuse started when she was five and ended a decade later when she left the family home in Edmonton , north London , had heard her stepfather was seeking access to his five-year-old daughter by another woman . |
| 3 | I run away when I was fifteen and got a job as a skivvy with a fam'ly up on Brixton 'Ill . ’ |
| 4 | I tried boxing when I was fifteen and won a bout against an opponent who was smaller than me and who normally wore thick glasses ; I went on to the second round of the competition and was beaten flat in thirty seconds by a demon midget who hammered me onto the ropes and kept hitting me until the referee stopped the bout before I suffered permanent damage . |
| 5 | At the time her chip was stolen Lori McElroy , a latter day femme fatale from East Kilbride , was 28 and enjoying a holiday abroad with her student boyfriend . |
| 6 | I decided to join a slimming club when I was 20 and lost a stone , but I could n't stand going to the club . |
| 7 | ‘ I was 19 and playing a winter . |