The oversize was broken, or ragged, where it fell by older or stronger boys or women, using heavy sledgehammers, for which task they were paid 1 pence per barrow load.

He had emptied four barrow loads and was filling the fifth when he uncovered the hand, a robot's hand made of green metal.

Soon the village wine vats would be full and future barrow loads of grapes would have to go to the other side of the village, where they would be spread out on boards and dried into more raisins.

And then he almost ran, delivering his barrow load, going by way of the well to get more water, that he might get back to the stranger more quickly.

Well, The Ragamuffins have them by the barrow load

Muskets suddenly flamed from the breach summit, obscuring it with smoke, and then an eighteen-pounder shot churned up the smoke and threw up a barrow load of broken stone amidst which an enemy musket wheeled.

Basically illustrating that continuing grade inflation and dumbing down of A-levels lead to a situation where everyone has A*'s by the barrow load yet still cant get a place in Uni.

Kashet dove on the hearts as if he hadn't just eaten a full barrow load of meat.

One...two...' Modo the gardener was trundling a barrow load of hedge trimmings to a bonfire behind the new High Energy Magic research building when about half a dozen wizards went past at, for wizards, high speed.

Squire de Lisle of Garendon Hall wheeled the first barrow load of soil over a plank, but due to the rain he slipped and spilled it all, causing great amusement.