Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last glacial period , the Weichsel glaciation , is represented upstream by a terrace which rises about 30 m ( 100 ft ) above the river at Sisteron . |
| 2 | A boy who looked about sixteen walked from his front yard to the car . |
| 3 | school holidays we only used to get a month they get about six weeks now I think but no we used to get a month 's holiday then . |
| 4 | Next door , the same discussion draws forth from a youth who looks about fifteen himself , ‘ We teach them the three Rs . |
| 5 | In terms of Easingwold , I have a client who owns about forty acres who would be delighted with that solution but erm , I do n't think that Easingwold could support that level of development , if we 're talking a around about two thousand dwellings , without very very substantial harm to its character and setting . |
| 6 | Well while you had an apprenticeship you had about four years . |