number
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a four/five/six etc figure number (= a number in the thousands/ten thousands/hundred thousands etc )
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Choose a four figure number that you can easily remember.
a height of six feet/ten metres etc
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Sunflowers can grow to a height of 15 feet.
a six month/five year etc period
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They studied the behaviour of the ocean during a five year period.
an hour’s/six hours' etc work (= work that it took you an hour/six hours etc to do )
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I did two hours’ work before breakfast.
deep six
give sb six months/three years etc (= in prison )
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The judge gave her two years in prison.
have two weeks/six months etc to live
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He knows he’s only got a few months to live.
jail sb for two months/six years/life etc
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They ought to jail her killer for life.
reach double/six etc figures (= be 10 or more/100,000 or more etc )
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The death toll in the region has reached five figures.
six feet/ten metres etc in height
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None of these sculptures was less than three metres in height.
six months/a year etc in advance
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Book tickets 21 days in advance.
spend time/three months/six years etc in jail
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Griffiths spent three days in jail after pushing a policeman.
three/six etc full days/years/pages etc
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We devote five full days a month to training.
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His pants rose a full three inches off his shoes.
two miles/six feet etc apart
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Place the two posts 6 metres apart.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I give it six weeks/a month etc
be five/six/seven etc months gone
knock sb for six
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He'd done it again, she realised in amazement - with just a few choice words he'd knocked her for six.
sleep two/four/six etc
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All the comfortable rooms sleep two and are of a high standard with private shower and W.C; most have a balcony.
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Expect to pay $ 115 for a cabin that sleeps four during peak season.
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He was probably fed up with having to sleep four to a bed.
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I can actually go home and sleep six hours at night now.
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Rates start at $ 75 per night off-season for a cabin that sleeps two.
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Soldiers sleep four or six to a dormitory, with lockable doors and private bathrooms.
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The properties, which sleep four people, are based at Rosecraddoc Manor, set in 38 acres of woodlands near Liskeard.
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They sleep six to a bed and wake up to the fiery sting of bug bites.
throw dice/a six/a four etc