Example sentences of "be [adv] [num] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amplitudes were initially zero and increased asymptotically to 160m and 130m at 60°N with an e-folding timescale of 3 days . |
| 2 | Oh he 's only twelve and ended up as one of the smallest birds |
| 3 | She was only seventeen and looked about twelve . |
| 4 | He was only twenty-six and had just recovered from a slipped disc . |
| 5 | Ramsey was still 18 and had not shed the spots of adolescence . |
| 6 | When he applied to the court for permission to marry , as he was required to do since he was under twenty-one and did not have a recognised guardian , the magistrate at Bow Street refused ‘ as he was not in favour of a British girl marrying an alien ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Ideal ’ family size in 1967 was about 2.4 and has only declined marginally since . |
| 8 | Roy , who was about four and had n't been used to drinking out of a glass , took a bite at his and broke a chunk out of it . |
| 9 | It has been said that old age comes as a surprise : I was then eighty but had yet to realise it . |