Example sentences of "about [num] [noun] [subord] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To improve the quality and texture of your skin , put a crystal of your choice in to the bathwater about 10 minutes before you get in , then soak in the water for as long as you can . |
| 2 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 3 | I ai n't been down there for about three weeks since I 've been going there . |
| 4 | Like that was saying if you wanted to , about three months cos I mean kept putting |
| 5 | More information about health is set out in our Holiday Planner which will be sent to you or your travel agent about 11 weeks before you travel . |
| 6 | I here s about ten people when we come in , sitting on the floor . |
| 7 | In a heavy-based frying pan , heat the butter and oil until it stops foaming then fry the peppers and most of the onions for about 3 minutes until they have softened . |
| 8 | For this reason , many advisers recommend that their clients swop their unit-linked policies to the with-profits type about five years before they retire , provided market conditions are favourable at the time . |
| 9 | Yeah they go to mush and then I put more taters into it later on , about twenty minutes before I need it , but it thickens it so they 'll eat it . |
| 10 | A red semi-regular variable ; range 5.0 to 7.6 , period said to be about 130 days though I find little evidence of this . |
| 11 | It received only about 3,000 returned forms , although there were about 6,000 votes because I understand that there were two votes on each one . |
| 12 | I 've only seen an ice cream van about four times since I 've been here . |
| 13 | I get about thirty quid if you stand on the right corner . |
| 14 | In reality children usually start to lose interest after about two weeks once they realize that they can earn them relatively easily . |
| 15 | These will be sent to you or your travel agent about two weeks before you travel . |
| 16 | Follow the metalled road for about 200 yards until you reach an iron kissing gate on the right with a footpath sign to Arnside Knott & Silverdale . |
| 17 | Apply a lip moisturiser or lip balm about 20 minutes before you want to apply lipstick . |