Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Singapore on the way back , did n't get off the plane though , I mean they only re-fuel , your only allowed off for about half an hour . |
| 2 | After a heart-stopping few minutes it was realized that it could be just squeezed through with about three-quarters of an inch to spare . |
| 3 | The needles are usually left in for about 15 minutes and are vibrated at intervals to achieve the required effect . |
| 4 | Officer education itself is presently carried on by about 140 officer commissioning middle and higher military schools , offering four to five year courses and conferring higher education degrees : fully 13 per cent of all higher education in the USSR is now carried out in the military sector . |
| 5 | The guests were eventually ushered out at about eleven forty-five . |
| 6 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |