Example sentences of "for about five " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 2 | ‘ I had my only run of the day at approximately 11 am and after setting the hooks I had a slow , dogged fight for about five minutes before netting the fish at the second attempt , ’ said Dave . |
| 3 | One evening , when Sorrel had been with us for about five years , Sally and I got ready to take her for her usual walk . |
| 4 | The farm has been open to the public free of charge for about five years , though groups pay a small charge . |
| 5 | The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’ |
| 6 | Inhale the vapours for about five minutes , but no longer than ten . |
| 7 | I do n't suppose anything else out of the ordinary has happened there for about five hundred years , so the local people should be full of it for weeks . ’ |
| 8 | On either side was a revolving brush , and the bottles had to be thrust onto these and held firmly in place for about five seconds . |
| 9 | They made no attempt to molest me in any way , and after having hugged the post for about five minutes they went over to see if any of the Museums were open . |
| 10 | Eye contact on one person at a time for a complete thought , usually for about five seconds . |
| 11 | Stand quietly for about five minutes in any busy shop and study the different shoppers . |
| 12 | Ken Davill , who has a patisserie in Ripon , makes Wilfrid pies for about five weeks around the time of the feast . |
| 13 | James told magistrates that he had been using speed for about five years and injected himself three or four times a month . |
| 14 | I 've been using a Strat on and off for about five years , and we also hired in Telecasters , Rickenbacker 12-strings , all kinds of stuff . |
| 15 | ‘ I took a bunch of lessons from Joe for about five years off and on . |
| 16 | Moors accounted for about five per cent of the population of Sinhala Sri Lanka . |
| 17 | The system has been working for about five years now , with never a hitch . |
| 18 | She fell into a trance and for about five hours received fifteen consecutive visions and revelations in which she saw Christ , the Virgin Mary and the Trinity itself and heard Jesus ' explanations of these ‘ showings ’ . |
| 19 | Mr Clarke said the working plans were for about five units with about 40 places each . |
| 20 | The Colchester players left the field while police and club stewards restored order , with play being delayed for about five minutes . |
| 21 | And for about five minutes they rave about how flattered they are , a little bemused but clearly touched . |
| 22 | After owning the Messenger for about five years , during which the Walton family used it to tour all over Europe , Lindsey felt the time was right for a change . |
| 23 | If however I had to single out one particular group of teachers to whom I hope the book will appeal , it is those who have been in the profession for about five to ten years . |
| 24 | Cecilia saw the bear and thought for about five seconds that it was real . |
| 25 | Working on his idea in his kitchen for about five or six years he got his first crude image in 1938 . |
| 26 | Erm I 've played with Clyde Ladies for about five years but previously I played with Stewarton . |
| 27 | He wrung my hand for about five minutes and told me how much pleasure the meeting had given him , though God knows where he had extracted the pleasure from , and expressed the most fervent hope that we would become the firmest friends in the nearest possible future . |
| 28 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 29 | We clambered into the back of a VW truck and drove for about five minutes , then waited outside an apartment block while the guards chatted with a woman . |
| 30 | I had thought that for about five days . |