Example sentences of "and at about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been on the set since about 8 o'clock and at about ten-thirty nobody 's shot anything . |
| 2 | In 1803 , after there had been no rain for several months , it began to rain incessantly and at about 8 p.m. on 9 October the rivers burst their banks . |
| 3 | By daylight it was clear they had missed their rendezvous , and at about 0800 they set course for Malta , taking a back-bearing from Mount Etna . |
| 4 | Between 10 and 16 live whales were seen milling around the mouth of the Nene at 8.30 that morning ; low water was at midday , and at about 5 that afternoon the pod was seen swimming off to the north on the rising tide . |
| 5 | The young hedgehogs are reared by their mothers , and at about four weeks of age they may be seen foraging with her in the darkness . |
| 6 | I would be putting everything I needed into the horse box until about ten o'clock and at about half past ten my horse and it 's tack would be in there as well and I would be on my way with my day to an eleven thirty meet at a pub nearby . |
| 7 | The lapse-rate is less than adiabatic above about 30 km altitude , and at about 35 km altitude a minimum temperature of about 105 K is encountered . |
| 8 | At 1 p.m. on the twenty-sixth , explosions loud enough to be heard well over 150 kilometres away were taking place at intervals of about ten minutes , and at about 2 p.m. an English ship , 120 kilometres from the scene , sighted a black cloud , rising to an altitude estimated to be about twenty-five kilometres above the volcano . |
| 9 | Eventually she did fall asleep and at about three o'clock in the morning I woke her up . |
| 10 | The battle lasted for several hours and at about 10.30 p.m. there was a further clash as a crowd charged the police and was dispersed by a counter-charge . |
| 11 | The two bombs were attached to the hull of the Rainbow Warrior , berthed at Marsden Wharf , at around 8.30 p.m. and at about 9.30 p.m. a man wearing a red woollen hat was seen abandoning a Zodiac dinghy near the Outboard Boating Club in Hobson 's Bay and then climbing up the embankment to Tamaki Drive where he was picked up and driven off in a camper van . |
| 12 | Maximum ozone concentration occurs at a height of 16–18 km in polar latitudes and at about 25 km over the equator . |