Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well us lot must walk about half a mile a day you know . |
| 2 | Yeah that looks about the right sort of thing , cos it was fifty ohms and we 've put , I mean it 's not that much small you know it 's not going to let , it should let about half as much through as that lets through this should n't it ? |
| 3 | In general terms , a paragraph should have several sentences , and might cover about half a page of A4 ( about 100 to 150 words ) . |
| 4 | She might phone about half past nine when she comes back from the hospital . |
| 5 | Well as I say dock area , they might live about half a mile away that was all . |
| 6 | Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box . |
| 7 | Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box . |
| 8 | He said the increase to £4.25 would affect about half the population and could lead to some hard-up patients being forced to go without certain treatments . |
| 9 | Industry and agriculture would pay about half the bill , the government the other half . |
| 10 | I thought it would last about half an hour . |
| 11 | One 25kg bag will cover about half a square metre , to a thickness of 25mm |
| 12 | American car companies now reckon they will use about half the number of suppliers they once did . |
| 13 | The process will take about half an hour , will require two reels of tape and will be initiated by the Computer Services Department operator at 08.00 , whenever a transfer to the Working-Set has taken place on the previous night . |
| 14 | I hope that got us through the little post-lunch siesta period , erm , we 're going to do another er , time management game now which will take about half an hour , and I need to split you up once again into groups , erm , okay . |
| 15 | The USAF will operate about half the total from Alconbury , and most of the rest will carry equipment to detect enemy radars . |
| 16 | If I do that two or three times I can make about half the cost of the room per day at the hotel — honestly . ’ |
| 17 | And I pick it up and it says Loughborough Building Society and you can see about half a percent er premium rate on fifty thousand pounds , and you think that might be worth going for , for , for somebody who 's got a lot of capital , but is it really , because if you 've got fifty thousand in there , you are at risk . |
| 18 | at the moment I can see about half well a dozen people sat on one of the buses . |