Example sentences of "[noun] high and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today , fortified by her experiences , feeling six feet high and a tower of strength , Miss Fogerty led the entire school into morning assembly and faced a host of questioning eyes with unaccustomed composure and authority . |
| 2 | It is 157 feet high and the amphitheatre from wall to wall is 620 by 513 feet , the largest in existence . |
| 3 | Three of the grey slabs stand more than fifteen feet high and the setting is superb . |
| 4 | It came to Kanchelskis waist high and the Ukranian , who struggled in the last month to retain his place , scored with a perfect volley . |
| 5 | The wind was NW , gale Force 8 gusting to 9 , the seas were more than 6ft high and a swell of some 9ft was running . |
| 6 | An inch higher and a thought quicker , and he could have climbed back down the rocks vindicated and free , with all his debts paid . |
| 7 | Biddy 's horse was sixteen hands high and a thoroughbred . |
| 8 | The peculiarity of the proportions ( published in French and English in 1791 in an essay dedicated to the Prince of Wales ) is that the measurements are not given direct but are based on the head , divided into 22 equal parts ( according to Percivall , Eclipse stood 16l/2 hands high and the head measured 22 inches ) . |