Example sentences of "about [num] [noun pl] [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 2 | This year BMW will make about 580,000 cars and for the first time outstrip Mercedes . |
| 3 | He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking , |
| 4 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |
| 5 | At the end of all this I had lost about two stones and for the first time in my life , felt very nervy . |