Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many thousands have been sold through hairdressers for about seven pounds . |
| 2 | Cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes , then add the garlic , ginger and stock . |
| 3 | Most of the highland-type rocks , even those found on the maria , have ages between about 3800 Ma and 4300 Ma , which suggests that a lunar-wide heating took place a little over 4300 Ma ago resetting the radiometric ‘ clocks ’ . |
| 4 | So , the first little bit of exercise we 're gon na do is , I 'm gon na ask you to , just work in pairs for about five minutes . |
| 5 | General Noriega went on television to say he had been aware of the rebels ' plans for about three weeks . |
| 6 | I 've , I 've never seen it , well I 've , I 've , I 've only had contact , I 've had these , this last set of contacts for about two years now , that 's why I want to get some new ones and erm |
| 7 | Money raised by runners for Birthright in 1990 will fund one of its research projects for about 12 months . |
| 8 | Some 14 miles down this road , a road to the left climbs amidst woods for about two miles , past the village of Tonni , to Borgo Pretale . |
| 9 | Closed windows and doors help to contain smoke and flames for about 20 minutes , and as inhaled smoke can immobilise people who are attempting to escape , these vital minutes may permit a more orderly evacuation from other parts of the building , and simultaneously allow time for professional help to arrive . |
| 10 | We 'd been feeding ‘ our ’ ducks for about three months when one day , much to my disappointment , they mysteriously disappeared . |
| 11 | Well I have n't seen her feeding the ducks for about three or four months . |
| 12 | Gaze at the black bar between the left-hand pair of slanting gratings for about thirty seconds , then transfer your gaze to the dot between the central pair of gratings ; they will appear to slant in the opposite directions . |
| 13 | The truck raced along bad roads for about five miles , crashing over pot-holes and making heavy weather of the gear change . |
| 14 | Grill the sardines for about 5 minutes on each side , turning carefully once . |
| 15 | Altogether , says Mr De Benedetti , between 1988 and 1991 Olivetti paid just over 10 billion lire to Italy 's political parties in exchange for ministry contracts worth about 500 billion lire . |
| 16 | In dogs and cats , they burrow into the gut and swell into horrible big worms and lodge in the small intestine ; but in humans they just go on spreading these spiral patterns for about 18 months and then die . ’ |
| 17 | Residential care is provided by local authorities for about 105,000 old people in England and Wales . |
| 18 | United Technologies has sponsored the arts for about twelve years . |
| 19 | Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions . |
| 20 | She has been sculpting flowers , birds and animals for about 12 years . |
| 21 | But Ian Cartwright , Doncaster director and chairman of the ADSS disabilities committee , said : ‘ I do n't see how it could be included in the transfers because most residents will be away from their homes for about two to three weeks . |
| 22 | Because we had finished with the hens then you see , and they used to sell the hens for about two shillings or something like that you know . |
| 23 | His intention was to remain on his knees for about ten or fifteen seconds , and then to rise , saying smilingly , ‘ Well , then … ’ or words to that effect . |
| 24 | The most usual mode of transmission of type I herpes is kissing , and following exposure a susceptible individual will develop a crop of blisters ( vesicles ) on the lips after about four days . |
| 25 | For readers of about ten , try James Gurney 's Dinotopia ( Dorling Kindersley £15 ) . |
| 26 | So in progressing through there , and I 'm sorry we have n't done it this way , we end up in terms of the County Council figure of nine seven hundred for Greater York , possible er provision from , collectively from the districts of about fourteen hundred , fifteen hundred short . |
| 27 | His centre pulls in entries of about 1,500 head each week from both sides of the England-Scotland border and is accepted as the largest beef stock market in Britain . |
| 28 | There are a number of old records , mainly of single birds , although parties of about 10 birds have been seen twice ; des Forges and Harber give one or two for May , one for August , three for September , several for October , and two or three for November . |
| 29 | Key parties of about ten of all ranks from each Company , were called up on 24 August . |
| 30 | It is expected that their development plans for the new financial year will put a roof over the heads of about 7,000 people . |