Example sentences of "for about two [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |
| 2 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 3 | So I could n't get the swing of it then do you see , for about two or three years . |
| 4 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 5 | My Lords , for about two and a half years the defendant , Mr. Gary Thomas , made his home with his brother Webster in a council house 29 , Juniper Court , Morris Road , London , E.15 which belonged to and was let by the respondent local authority the Waltham Forest London Borough Council ( ‘ the plaintiffs ’ ) to Webster . |
| 6 | Apart from the bad weather the golfers and non-golfers in the party had to queue for about two and a half hours for the small car ferry to take them back to the mainland . |
| 7 | At present , only 18 people in the Health and Safety Executive are working on those regulations , and even though the provisions have been in operation for about two and a half years , fewer than one third of the safety cases have been accepted as being proper working documents . |
| 8 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 9 | So we that meant , say , that I instead of me being away from the property for about two and a half hours , taking the turf back Caffer Cliss we saved all that time . |