Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was now 6cm dilated . |
| 2 | I was now 7cm dilated . |
| 3 | Faldo , who took five at the next short hole , added : ‘ I was only 10ft from the flag and I was in a hole . |
| 4 | ‘ I was once £400 lying in your bank account collecting interest — see how I 've grown . |
| 5 | ‘ When I first heard about the Food Addict 's Diet I was about 12st 8lb , ’ says Andrea Smith , 34 , of Harpenden , Hertfordshire , who 's married with two children : Hannah , seven , and Nick , three . |
| 6 | However , Kenneth Clark , who replied for the government , was not encouraging and seemed to accept the pessimistic view of Neville Trotter , Conservative MP for Tyne mouth , who blamed all the problems on Korean labour costs which were only 20% of those in the UK . |
| 7 | MAI was also released from its guarantee of the outstanding bank loans of MAI Deutschland , its former German subsidiary , which was about $8m as of March 15 . |
| 8 | We were now ready to fit the woodwork , which was about 5mm smaller all round than the opening . |
| 9 | I had to buy a safety gate which was about £20 . |
| 10 | SunWest 's latest lists contain details of attractive offers : ‘ A detached villa in Tropicana , which was originally £72,000 , is now slashed from £67,500 to £55,000 . ’ |
| 11 | To this end the fish food business , which was mainly trout food was sold to the Swedish Company in 1982 and the farm feed business to 's of Burston in 1984 . |
| 12 | The cost of one jet fighter , which was then $20 million would set up about 40,000 village pharmacists . |
| 13 | No less culpable was Artemesia 's father , ’ The trial only took place because Artemesia 's father , Aratsio , considered the rape a violation of one of his household objects which was now devalued.This was the only reason Tassi was taken to court , this and the fact that he stole some of Aratsio 's paintings . ’ |
| 14 | Nor that diet ranked above tobacco which was only 30% . |
| 15 | Patient selection , therefore , affected their rate of positive diagnosis , which was only 14% compared with 50.7% in our study . |
| 16 | Few carers in the study were in employment , reflecting the earnings limit which was only £12 at the time . |
| 17 | Of the 1,533 men under 5ft 6ins , 118 of them suffered a heart attack compared with only 62 of the 1,533 men who were over 5ft 10ins . |
| 18 | She was now 15lb ( 7kg ) heavier than she had been in her single days ; she felt tired and run down , and suffered with migraines , abdominal bloating and increasing premenstrual symptoms including irritability , nervous tension , depression , tearfulness , confusion , weight gain , sore breasts and insomnia . |
| 19 | , who was previously poultry and extruded product business manager , will relinquish his responsibilities for fish feed but maintain his position as SW Region poultry business manager . |
| 20 | The victim told police one man , who was about 6ft 2in , had ACAB tattooed across the knuckles of his right hand . |
| 21 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 22 | Durham Edition ran a fair race to finish just under eight lengths fourth to Ghofar in the Hennessy and he must come into the reckoning , although the weight rise seems to give an advantage to Royal Cedar ( 2.55 ) , who was originally 8lb out of the handicap . |
| 23 | Durham Edition ran a fair race to finish just under eight lengths fourth to Ghofar in the Hennessy and he must come into the reckoning , although the weight rise seems to give an advantage to Royal Cedar ( 2.55 ) , who was originally 8lb out of the handicap . |
| 24 | In Colchester , where Red Lion Books has competition from both Waterstones and Dillons , Peter Donaldson reported sales on a par with last year : ‘ A week before Christmas we were about 15% down , but we were saves by strong last-minute sales . ’ |
| 25 | One was only 10-12ft behind the other and both men were laughing . |
| 26 | There were soon Catfish , Abalone and Conch Shell Alliances pursuing the marine life tag . |
| 27 | There were probably people here with lurchers . |
| 28 | There were already people there . |
| 29 | In the boxcar there were also sheep . |
| 30 | But there were also staff cuts in the public service and some privatization of production and distribution . |