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- noun Plural form of
metre . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
metre .
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Examples
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It was a very windy day for this time of year, so my promised "leisurely paddle no more than 20 metres from the beach" turned into a solid two hour workout, during which we had to fight to get the boat to turn back towards shore from the middle of the harbour.
Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09 Cath@VWXYNot? 2009
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Rob Palmer and Gerry Armstrong have taken to estimating the distance in metres, perhaps because they're on the continent.
Real Madrid v Milan – as it happened Tom Lutz 2010
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Rest a single of a scaffolding play upon your chair or saw table, magnitude out 1.2 metres from a single finish as good as regulating your true corner as good as pencil symbol a line out during 90 degrees to!
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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"People who are going to be 900, 1,000 metres from a railway which is going to be in a cutting, they just will not know it is there in some cases," he said.
High-speed rail link gets £800m more in state funding Nicholas Watt 2010
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Rest a single of a scaffolding play upon your chair or saw table, magnitude out 1.2 metres from a single finish as good as regulating your true corner as good as pencil symbol a line out during 90 degrees to!
Screwdriver Cordless YouTube Bosch GSR 10.8 V-LI Cordless ... admin 2009
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And then to a beautiful Serb Orthodox Church above the town of Konjíc, between Sarajevo and Mostar, set back a hundred metres from the road and so beautiful that I got out and made to approach.
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The Posada Barrancas, set back a few hundred metres from the rim, is clean and comfortable, but lacks character.
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The Posada Barrancas, set back a few hundred metres from the rim, is clean and comfortable, but lacks character.
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Actually, I know now that if I buy 5 metres I will have enough for most dresses and 4 metres is enough for most skirts (I am tall), so I will buy fabric on sale if I see some I like and patterns on sale when I find them.
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And then to a beautiful Serb Orthodox Church above the town of Konjíc, between Sarajevo and Mostar, set back a hundred metres from the road and so beautiful that I got out and made to approach.
Archive 2008-01-27 2008
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