Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’ |
| 2 | I was still submerged in stinking , suffocating nest , but and here 's the rub-a-dub-dub — I was at least three pits further out . |
| 3 | Hurt by ‘ the ungenerous treatment which I met with from that very sex whose sufferings I was at so much pains to relieve ’ , he was glad to leave Aberdeen when recalled to active duty in the Royal Navy . |
| 4 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 5 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 6 | Even the less sensitive need a high factor in very intense sunlight , or if you are at very high altitude . |
| 7 | ‘ At one point during dinner , Stevens , I would have sworn you were at least three people , ’ she said and laughed . |
| 8 | She 's at least eighty years old , of course she 's been restored . |
| 9 | And it seemed to her that she was at least two people , for the person who had plunged them into the forest and brought them to this spot was not the same as the person who sat here waiting for Allen to say what he was doing , and for the Friar to return . |
| 10 | The ash raining down from it added to the misery of the people in the area — the Sir Robert Sale reported lumps the size of pumpkins falling on her decks , and she was at least forty kilometres distant . |
| 11 | She was at least ten years Cunningham 's junior , Harry judged , blonde-haired and bright-eyed with a sparkling smile ; all pert vivacity and curvaceous promise in a black woollen dress that fitted where it touched , as Barry Chipchase would undoubtedly have phrased it . |
| 12 | A great advantage was that her four-shaft Parsons steam engines were both more reliable and cheaper to run than earlier engines , and she was at least three knots faster than any other warship . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're at least two weeks later than last year , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Companies with a lot of land — notably insurance companies — have to show they are at least two-thirds Swiss-owned . |
| 15 | I would not expect them to pair and breed until they are at least four inches long , so you will have to be patient . |
| 16 | In the case of amniocentesis tests , these are not widely available to pregnant women unless their age suggests that they are at significantly greater risk of having a Down 's Syndrome child . |
| 17 | Although its calls are very loud , we can not hear them for they are at around 20 hertz , the lower limit of the human ear . |
| 18 | They are at very different stages . |
| 19 | They were at least ten pound a pair . |
| 20 | ’ Once we had this dance troupe on called Grand Slam , who appeared in leather G-strings and bras , despite the fact that all four of them were at least two stone overweight . |
| 21 | He felt as if he were at yet another family wedding . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's at least three miles away , ’ said Mick . |
| 23 | Indeed , it is at exactly this stage of Picasso 's evolution that one senses behind his art the presence of this great ‘ primitive ’ who in his naiveté had unconsciously succeeded in ignoring the forces which had influenced French painting for the past fifty years , the forces against which Picasso and his friends were most immediately reacting . |
| 24 | But it is at precisely this time that price advantage comes into its own and companies become more willing to switch from existing suppliers if they can cut costs by using a new source . |
| 25 | It is well over 1000 light-years away , and it is at least 500 times as luminous as the Sun , but its surface is very cool for a normal star — hence the crimson colour . |
| 26 | The baby continues taking its mother 's milk until it is at least two years old . |
| 27 | If a Rottweiler is eligible for registration with the AKC , he can compete at any licensed dog show , as long as he is at least six months old and does not have a disqualifying fault . |
| 28 | The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way . |
| 29 | He 's at least five years younger than her and he has an ironic smile as elusive as hers is guileless . |
| 30 | It was at just that moment the bells began . |