Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] about two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two and one half inches of rain had fallen in about two hours , the sky clearing just before sundown . |
| 2 | You should know in about two months whether your application has been successful . |
| 3 | Have a look at the Bulletin Boards to find out about two new videos . |
| 4 | Er there was a lady fell over about two months ago on that footpath just at the beginning of the winter , and the cathedral council offered to pay for the installation of a light and what we did we contributed seventy seven pounds which is sixty including V A T to enable a second light to be installed because of the two steps on that footpath , one at each end , erm |
| 5 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 6 | Cellulose is not proof against attack and it was reckoned that a new car 's shine would be ruined in about two years . |
| 7 | The second volume , containing a detailed textual commentary , will appear in about two years time . |
| 8 | woke up about two starving and gone out and cooked |
| 9 | In the three youngest maternal age groups , it dropped by about two thirds while , in the three oldest categories , by only less than one half . |
| 10 | He 'll never be among the winners ( top runners finish in about two hours 10 minutes ) , but he likes to complete a marathon in under four hours 25 minutes . |
| 11 | The swaddled goods train was drawn up about two hundred yards away , ready to make its run past Flaubert 's pavilion . |
| 12 | He rode into the valley of Borrowdale which opened up about two miles south of Keswick . |
| 13 | It was lying under about two feet of water . |
| 14 | ‘ I still had to get to New York where my plane was due to leave in about two hours . ’ |
| 15 | The result of this inquiry should be known in about two weeks . |
| 16 | Haulms are normally burnt off about two weeks before lifting commences . |
| 17 | when I come home for lunch er , and things like that I clock up about two hundred and twenty , to two thirty , two fifty maybe a week just |
| 18 | Worked out about two fifty ? |
| 19 | Pamela had found out about two local youth clubs , one of which seemed particularly suitable for her . |
| 20 | They pump out about two kilowatts . ) |
| 21 | His explanation was very simple : Burton was too short , he said , when Scofield spoke of him as ‘ 'my rock , on which I lean ’ … he went to lean and went down about two feet . ’ |
| 22 | I once saw a science fiction movie about time-travellers in the future ; towards the end of the film the whole story is speeded up and re-run in about two minutes . |
| 23 | Dropping down about two or three degrees . |
| 24 | Go up about two miles , hit a junction , ‘ Abeline 's Diner ’ , you 'll see it right in front of you , small place , nothing fancy . |
| 25 | If we go back about two years , a little bit more than two years now , we sat down and considered those areas which were most important to us in developing a new accounting package . |
| 26 | The exceptions were in 1983 and 1987 , when Britain grew by about two points faster than the rest . |
| 27 | Switch on the coil current ( set to 125mA ) and the test point voltage should change by about two volts or so , positively or negatively . |
| 28 | Well the main squad would come in about two o'clock or three o'clock and er was already for them to start working . |
| 29 | I had put in about two hours detecting time by now and these were the only two non-ferrous items I had found apart from some scrap lead . |
| 30 | ‘ Me and her mother split up about two years ago . |