Example sentences of "a [noun] with about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you 'd get a bucket with about a hundred in . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 3 | When the WI was formed in 1937 , Sproatley was a village with about 100 houses and plenty of grass fields and open spaces . |
| 4 | I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice and let you have fun . ’ |
| 5 | A wallet with about seven pounds in it . ’ |
| 6 | Kilnwith Percy Hall regularly opens its doors to visitors for weekend courses and summer schools , said Tabkay , whose Darlington sessions attract an average of about 12 people a week with about 40 interested members overall . |
| 7 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 8 | Fifty-seven and a half battalions of troops restored order in a month with about a thousand Indian casualties , aircraft being used on a number of occasions to machine-gun crowds from the air . |
| 9 | Like if it 's a family with about forty kids by the place ! |
| 10 | A special feature of this part of the programme was that it regularly included a section with about six brief items , averaging 20–30 seconds in duration , including sound bites of 10–20 seconds . |