Sentence examples for quantities of petrol from inspiring English sources

They will always tell you they didn't start the fire, but they sure as hell poured industrial quantities of petrol on to it.

According to Carmen E. Jiménez, from the University of Granada, most companies are more heavily invested in Venezuela than Colombia, where they are selling large quantities of petrol to subsidise their neighbour. .

After a trip, a driver can examine the route taken and the actual cost and quantity of petrol consumed.

M. Laurens left Beaulieu with heavy floats fitted to his hydro-aeroplane, but he has decided to change them for lighter ones in view of the fact that a large quantity of petrol has to be carried, in addition to the passenger.

A hospital, an aerodrome with three undamaged aircraft, a large quantity of petrol, and large stocks of champagne and hock were also captured.

Europe was confronted with shrinking fuel oil markets from 1970 onwards and more dramatically, after 1979, clearly reflected by oil company BP[88] sales data 1965 to 2011 which specifies the quantities of the crude oil distillation products, light distillates (gasoline, petrol), middle distillates (diesel) and fuel oil (which can be converted to diesel) sold for Europe.

Rather cheaper is a litre of petrol.

Fifteen quid for 50 litres of petrol!!

An unconfirmed report spoke of petrol bombs*.

"Petrol... we will buy them a half litre of petrol," she said, and belched.

Unleaded petrol prices have increased 24%, with an average tank of petrol costing an extra £12.