Example sentences of "[be] about [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes and they 've put in there and they 're about two foot apart |
| 2 | Oh , I think they 're about two pound bag of that ? |
| 3 | those boxes of crackers are about I think they 're about fifteen pound a box and the three |
| 4 | And they 're about six inch away from my |
| 5 | She said and they 're about seven foot high she said did n't she Bet ? |
| 6 | Yeah but they 're about three foot tall or something . |
| 7 | Er few problems with the job before we started or during the job er , come back to us for a six so far so we have to What we will do is drop them down and Er another problem with the job is we 're about three week 's behind er arranged for them to come in on Monday . |
| 8 | But then how many films have there been about two World Wars ? |
| 9 | But when I looked at the date , my father could only have been about twelve year old you see , when these letters were written so it must have been my grandfather writing to Coventry and Birmingham for parts for the penny farthing bicycles which he worked on . |
| 10 | She was only thirteen stone when they took her in that last time , she was massive , she must of only been about five foot |
| 11 | There are a few old records for November , the latest being for 27 November 1844 at Rottingdean , and there are about four winter records , but only two since 1900 , one in 1908 and one at Cissbury on 9 December 1973 . |
| 12 | Right A family of common hedgehogs — Erinaceus europaeus ; there are about 17 hedgehog species native to Europe , Asia and Africa |
| 13 | oh these are about two inch are they or some , did n't say |
| 14 | The lines are about eight point eight inches apart at a distance of one mile . |
| 15 | the major potential confounder is this analysis is pH , because pH values of oesophageal fluid are about 1.0 log point lower than pH values of saliva . |
| 16 | In the UK , there are 12 national daily newspapers and 11 national Sundays , and hundreds of local papers ; 15 commercial TV stations ( but at present only one national network , using two channels ) , over 80 local radio stations and two semi-national ; there are about 2000 consumer magazines , which can be divided into a number of different categories by audience and interest group , and over 4000 trade and technical magazines ; around 1650 cinema screens , mainly in two large national chains , carry advertising ; there are numerous poster sites , ranging from ‘ supersites ’ down to ‘ Adshel ’ bus shelters , not to mention illuminated signs , bus sides and cards inside buses and London underground carriages ; then there are theatre brochures and sports programmes , football grounds , racecourses and other sporting venues ; at least two firms operate ‘ truck posters ’ , and you can put ads in or on taxis ; not to mention direct mail , and electronic media such as Prestel . |
| 17 | There are about 2,600 housing associations in England and Wales with a total stock of over 600,000 dwellings , and although this represents only about 3 per cent of all dwellings , the associations ' share of the total stock will increase substantially as the full impact of the 1988 Act begins to be felt . |
| 18 | There are about 7,800 parish , town and community councils . |
| 19 | Though in America there are about 1,000 biotechnology companies , 100 of which are successful , in Britain they are rare . |
| 20 | There are about 1,400 unit trusts , so how do you choose ? |
| 21 | and should the request be for something ‘ esoteric ’ , there are about 15 freelance translators she can call upon , all with their own specialities . |
| 22 | And I 'm about six foot four and I 'll handle anyone that breaks in here . |
| 23 | All , all my windows have got locks on and I said I 'm about six foot four and anyone gets in here I 'll kill them . |
| 24 | I 'm about six foot four . |
| 25 | There will be about 1,500 polling stations , though 1,800 were planned . |
| 26 | See I want to get the same sort of material though as what the other liners , I want to stick the two liners together to make all one great big pond you see right the way across the garden but the other pond might be about two foot deep , this one 's gon na go down |
| 27 | It 'd be about two year ago . |
| 28 | Well it 'd be about two pound every half a year . |
| 29 | I can get is that , I have to borrow about , be about fifty pound , summat like |
| 30 | would be about eighteen month ago . |