Example sentences of "over a stone " in BNC.

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1 A stile over a stone wall led into a field whose furthest wall consisted of the grey squat towers of the castle .
2 Since embarking on the diet Barbara has lost over a stone and her inch loss is quite remarkable .
3 At the front , two high curved windows gave a view of the square garden while at the rear one huge expanse of glass looked out over a stone wall with three niches , each containing a marble statue ; Venus , naked , one hand delicately shielding the mons Veneris , one pointing at her left nipple , a second female figure , half robed and wearing a wreath of flowers and , between them , Apollo with his lyre , laurel-crowned .
4 For an instant he thought he had rolled over a stone protruding from the turf of the clearing , then he realised what it was and his heart leapt .
5 just over erm er just over a stone I 've lost .
6 when I lost my weight with slimming we were try I was losing two pounds a week and I were n't starving , I was still drinking and it come off and I lost , I lost about I think it was about eighteen pounds , it was over a stone .
7 I 've put on over a stone
8 that 's Yeah I , I 've lost over a stone now .
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