Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so you , that was , you started doing them in about nineteen eighty three ? |
| 2 | When [ in 1990 ] the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and its director were indicted in the Mapplethorpe case and needed money for their defence , we raised about $50,000 for them in about two days . |
| 3 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 4 | I know but they 're all the same those places , there all get bored with them in about five minutes . |
| 5 | After his father 's sudden death in 1820 , his mother and elder brother Henry moved to Italy , where Edward was to join them in about 1825 after leaving the army . |
| 6 | I think the mania got to me in about 1966 and around that time I got a bit tired of what they call the adulation . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you think you could possibly look in on me in about fifteen minutes ? |
| 8 | okay , and then see me in about five weeks , |
| 9 | And if I can see , if you say you 've had the blood test done in around , I du n no , two weeks , at your convenience and then if you see me in about five , which will be at the end of those , which |
| 10 | We actually bought them over about seven or eight years ago . |
| 11 | Oh shut up what are you on about three words per line ? |
| 12 | ‘ Roger , Gordon ; we 'll be with you in about 10 minutes . ’ |
| 13 | you in about four weeks |
| 14 | We 'll expect you in about fifteen minutes … ’ |
| 15 | Then the foot-army from Forth should be here to help you in about three hours from now . |
| 16 | ‘ They 'll be with you in about ten or fifteen minutes , mate , ’ Bates told him . |
| 17 | It should be with you in about ten minutes . ’ |
| 18 | If I do n't hear from you in about half an hour I 'll ring anyway . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 20 | Bring the plaster and I 'll be with you in about twenty minutes . ’ |
| 21 | Derek 's picking you up about two tomorrow . |
| 22 | Erm but she may well pick you up about eleven o'clock . |
| 23 | You said you would like to come , so may I pick you up about eleven o'clock ? ’ |
| 24 | Erm I 'll pick you up about four o'clock ? |
| 25 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 26 | ‘ You can pick me up about half past two . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Pick me up about half past five , eh ? ’ |
| 28 | You need to wake me up about half past eight |
| 29 | Wake me up about half eight . |
| 30 | Eleven , you 've got four hundred pound , you got so it 's a good second hand one or a cheapy no , well it would be a cheapy I told him most of them around about seven hundred and ninety nine |