Example sentences of "get [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah alright then , got down about ten yards it started again |
2 | He got in about twenty five to five . |
3 | the last time he should have finished at quarter to one he got off about half past one mm |
4 | I got home about nine at night . |
5 | and er anyway he got home about half past three so we had to go down to Marks went down to Marks , came back and he bought me a sandwich , I said I 've eaten nothing all day , bought me this sandwich , I was hoping to go away at six |
6 | got in about half an hour after you phoned . |
7 | ‘ So I 've got just about two years and nine months to pay back the full sixty pounds plus interest ? ’ |
8 | I mean we got up about nine o'clock as well . |
9 | We got up about nine so it was n't too bad . |
10 | Yeah , he 's up there sound-o , and he was up this way , he went up at one and got up about ten minutes after this one , so |
11 | I think I got up about half past eight this morning . |
12 | I got up about half past eight . |
13 | I got up about seven , had a little breakfast and went to catch the bus for Fulham . |
14 | to run like periods of day where everyone gets in about five o'clock . |
15 | And he gets in about three thousand six hundred a year on that . |
16 | I mean if you have a good hour in there you 're not gon na get in smack on ten be there about twenty past ten , probably get in about twenty to eleven that 's just right . |
17 | I normally catch quarter-past-five bus and I get in about ten-past-six , but he wanted me to work late and I says , well how late ? |
18 | Well , I could fit most of them in , I 'm currently getting in about twelve , ten or twelve , I could fit them in . |
19 | During a normal night 's sleep we cycle between these two main states , generally getting through about four cycles as the night passes . |
20 | About the time we 're fucking get away about six quid ! |
21 | I think in terms of schools it only really applies to special schools , I think once y even in some of the small independents , once you get over about forty or fifty , then you 're gon na have enough contacts |
22 | There 's a hatchery in Ilminster where we buy day-old chicks by the thousand — my birds get through about five hundred every month or two . |
23 | They get through about three dustbin-fuls every week . |
24 | ‘ I get home about 3.30 am , take a bottle of Evian water and the papers up to my office and tune into Bob Harris on Radio One . |
25 | You 'd start then , get home about half past three in the afternoon , yeah |
26 | She used to generally get home about , she used to go right to you see , and get home about seven o'clock at night . |
27 | I get up about 8.30 — when the baby wakes up . |
28 | I get up about seven |
29 | I get up about 2.30 a.m. every morning and start at 3.30 a.m . |
30 | And I get up about half four , right ? |