Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 2 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 3 | The typical full-term infant can be described as asleep for about seventeen hours out of the twenty-four . |
| 4 | I ran through the fields , laid low for about two hours , then I made my way to the motorway and hitched it to Birmingham . |
| 5 | ‘ I would do that for about four days , and then go off on something else . |
| 6 | I had thought that for about five days . |
| 7 | ‘ They lived like that for about two years . |
| 8 | Do you know it twenty to six we played that for about two hours was it ? |
| 9 | Well he should change his jumper , he 's been wearing that for about two weeks now . |
| 10 | scheme or something like that for about half the price . |
| 11 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |
| 12 | I was in that for about three years . |
| 13 | to understand that be sorry after about five minutes . |
| 14 | er and I 'll just run through this for about five minutes and then any questions and we 'll go . |
| 15 | You 're to go to Saffron Walden and then you 're supposed to make friends and all this sort of , and he went through all this for about five minutes and this lad |
| 16 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been looking into something like this for about two years and come up against brick walls constantly , ’ she said . |
| 18 | I felt like this for about four months now . |
| 19 | And the Dutch and the English put up with this for about fifteen seconds . |
| 20 | At first the ramp was set up without any flat bottom or platforms and three feet of vert , the ramp remained like this for about half a year . |
| 21 | Well , I 've been complaining about this for about three years now and the county council continues to think the forty mile an hour speed limit is perfectly alright . |
| 22 | Turn down the heat so that the water simmers gently , and poach spoonfuls of meringue in this for about 60 seconds each side . |
| 23 | I never said anything then he er I could see he 'd gone cos he just stood there for about ten minutes like th and everybody else was working , he just stood there like this for about ten minutes by the rack see him doing nothing I never said nothing he come charging through with a rack and knocked all the pallet over what they just stacked up with fifty boxes on so we had to make that right and he stacked a load of L T M boxes which are temperamental anyway and he had n't pulled the wrap tight so as soon the bloke lift them up with the forklift , they fell all over ! |
| 24 | Go along this for about 50 yards , then turn off right and drop down towards the wall and then towards a big double metal gate ahead . |
| 25 | So I played bass for about four years in that group with Stevie . |
| 26 | Uncover and cook on high for about 5 minutes , until the liquid is reduced . |
| 27 | ‘ I felt high for about four days , not thinking about anything but caring for her . ’ |
| 28 | Microwave on high for about 6 mins , until the fish is cooked through . |
| 29 | Owen received aromatherapy massage weekly for about three months . |
| 30 | 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 . |