Example sentences of "[adv prt] about fifteen " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Have my car sent up in about fifteen minutes . ’ |
2 | Stuart must have rung my boudoir and learned how the telephone is answered in about fifteen languages so far . |
3 | Our friend Mahoney cashed in about fifteen minutes ago . ’ |
4 | Langdon 's maps , drawn of estates in about fifteen counties , are distinctive and their embellishments with Elizabethan strapwork ornamentation show his skills as an artist and draughtsman . |
5 | Usually they meant in about fifteen minutes , did n't they ? |
6 | We 'll expect you in about fifteen minutes … ’ |
7 | ‘ Do you think you could possibly look in on me in about fifteen minutes ? |
8 | I think with your assistance we could probably get through it in about fifteen , twenty minutes . |
9 | Following the directions she 'd been sent , Luce reached Calle Nerone in about fifteen minutes . |
10 | Be bath time in about fifteen minutes . |
11 | We 'll have it on telly in about fifteen minutes . |
12 | If I 've got my drinking head on it 'll be the first three pints in about fifteen minutes if that . |
13 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
14 | As the helicopter came down to land , to their dismay they saw that the organizers had not only laid on about fifteen different activities for the Prince to inspect , including mountain-bike scrambling ; but children from no fewer than five primary schools were gathered together in great banks to greet him . |
15 | OATS had previously been part of the scholarship scheme , but dropped out about fifteen years ago when its commercial pilot training activities took precedence . |
16 | As far as the H B F's scenario 's concerned , this would probably lead to an increase in the building rates above the approved plan of around about fifteen percent . |
17 | That game got under way at er seven thirty so they 're around about fifteen minutes away from half time . |