Example sentences of "about [num] stone " in BNC.
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| 1 | About thirteen stone aye |
| 2 | She 's lost about three stone . |
| 3 | So maybe I 'm maybe about fourteen stone I 'm at . |
| 4 | The ambulancemen would have had to bring him down by hand , and he was a big lad , about 18 stone . ’ |
| 5 | Nails went upstairs and after a long time came down with a pair of paint-spattered dungarees and two pairs of jeans belonging to his father who weighed about sixteen stone , two jerseys of Gary 's and a navy-blue suit of indeterminate ancestry . |
| 6 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 7 | ‘ About twelve stone . ’ |
| 8 | I mean there 's chaps like myself — about twelve stone ten pounds — you were expected to carry bags of barley at sixteen stone four ; and sometimes there was n't a job for you in the hard days when there was a lot of men out of work . |
| 9 | ten stones about twelve stone it certainly is a |
| 10 | Our postman looks as if he tips the scales at about twenty stone . ’ |
| 11 | The bear outgrew the hut very quickly , and when it got to about 23 stone they decided to give it to London Zoo . |
| 12 | erm , because she 's , she 's quite big for her age , but like Louise she 's quite tall now , she 's nearly too tall for him even though there 's nothing of her she must only be about seven stone , erm , but this little Vicky she 's oh thinking she 's really good now and she 's improved so much and getting confident as well , and the dad takes in , he puts the bridle on him , he takes the dog in one hand and Min in the other he goes for walks for miles with the , with the horse and the dog Dave does |