Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at least [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 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 4 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 5 | ‘ At one point during dinner , Stevens , I would have sworn you were at least three people , ’ she said and laughed . |
| 6 | She 's at least eighty years old , of course she 's been restored . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're at least two weeks later than last year , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Companies with a lot of land — notably insurance companies — have to show they are at least two-thirds Swiss-owned . |
| 13 | I would not expect them to pair and breed until they are at least four inches long , so you will have to be patient . |
| 14 | They were at least ten pound a pair . |
| 15 | ’ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's at least three miles away , ’ said Mick . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The baby continues taking its mother 's milk until it is at least two years old . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He 's at least five years younger than her and he has an ironic smile as elusive as hers is guileless . |
| 22 | And so we had discussions with them and I can tell you , you know , it was at least six months before the consultants ever made any specific move to introduce the system as such er because of our overtures to them , because of the fact that we asked regularly to meet them and to consult on various points . |
| 23 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 24 | The capital was distinguished from provincial cities and towns on three counts : it was at least five times the size of any other , almost ten times as rich , and possessed a vastly more complex social and occupational structure . |
| 25 | It was at least fifteen years since he 'd carried a glass across a room to her . |
| 26 | The thing was hunched , but even so , Cardiff could see that it was at least nine feet tall and somehow impossibly larger than the burnt corpse he had first seen behind the wheel of that car . |
| 27 | It was at least ten summers past that the Colonel and Miss Danziger had met at The Tamarisks and the Colonel , finding the guest a most informed companion , had asked her assistance in helping him pin-point locations where he was most likely to uncover particular fossils , and attract particular moths . |
| 28 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 29 | When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June . |
| 30 | He was at least four rounds ahead when Swiss referee Franz Marti stopped the fight as Fabrice Benichou , the French challenger , had a badly cut mouth . |