Example sentences of "for about four " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt high for about four days , not thinking about anything but caring for her . ’ |
| 2 | The French Officer gets us all out of the ditch and the march continues for about four or five hours , then , during a rest in the wood , I fall asleep , my face among the leaves reminding me of my home in Scotland . |
| 3 | That was the last time I saw David for about four years . ’ |
| 4 | It had probably been leaking , undetected , for about four years . |
| 5 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |
| 6 | The US electronic industries have been in recession for about four years , and Morton 's business in this area is driven by computers , telecommunications and consumer electronics including components for cars , all of which have been hit . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh — for about four years , on and off , ’ he said vaguely . |
| 8 | After that we 're down to emergency lighting , just the aisle lights and not much else for about four hours , then we 're in the dark . ’ |
| 9 | AN ASSOCIATION for all former pupils and staff of St Hugh 's School , Birkenhead , has been established for about four years and its main function is an annual reunion mass held on or near the Feast of St Hugh of Lincoln . |
| 10 | Out of this difficulty , according to astronomer John Macvey , was born the celebrated ‘ other star ’ theory , which was to dominate astronomical thinking for about four decades . |
| 11 | ‘ I have n't changed anything for about four years ! |
| 12 | So I played bass for about four years in that group with Stevie . |
| 13 | ‘ I have two American Standard Strats that I 've had for about four years , one with Lace Sensors , the other with DiMarzios . |
| 14 | Sale starts Monday , December 28 for about four weeks . |
| 15 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 16 | For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing . |
| 17 | Anyway , I kept them in the aviary for about four weeks just to make sure they would adapt to one another . |
| 18 | Four or five eggs are laid and incubated for about four weeks . |
| 19 | He had been our Senior Surgical Officer for about four months . |
| 20 | ‘ I was a Hawkwind fan for about four years . |
| 21 | ‘ I would do that for about four days , and then go off on something else . |
| 22 | I 'd probably been teaching for about four years before I began to have that confidence . |
| 23 | I used to do criminal work when I was in general practice but I have n't done criminal work now for about four or five years . |
| 24 | Moreover , it broadcast only for about four hours each evening ; and ten years later it was still on air only 60 per cent as much as BBC1 . |
| 25 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 26 | He 'll go in for about four months , they 'll give him shock treatment and all that , but as soon as he comes out he starts drinking again . |
| 27 | He was a businessman , an entrepreneur whose roller-coaster fortunes had taken the family to Puerto Rico and Costa Rica for about four years . |
| 28 | We worked very hard in the fields for about four months . |
| 29 | When I came into his life he had known Otto for about four years . |
| 30 | Erm , and i i , I think people quite often feel very bad when they try to stop smoking , I I ha , used to smoke about forty a day and I 've now succeeded in stopped for about four years , but I know that I did have several failures and whe when when you try to stop and and fail you feel extremely bad and low and depressed about yourself , and people probably need quite a lot of support . |