Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all , Barratt considered that an effectual trial on the Bonsor Lode could be made for about £1,000 . |
| 2 | Unofficial EC estimates suggest that provision has had to be made for about £2 billion in the £28 billion borrowing requirement for 1992–93 as a result of the policy shift . |
| 3 | An enormous bowl of mussels cooked in a delicious liquor with celery , onion , parsley and plenty of black pepper can be had for about £4 . |
| 4 | He was still distressed , however , by the prolific trade in mutton bird feathers , two-and-a-half tons of which could be taken in a season — the produce of roughly 112,000 birds — and which would be sold for about 6d per pound in Launceston . |
| 5 | At present , a good stallion could be bought for about £25,000 . |
| 6 | Tennis courts in Cannigione can be hired for about £5 an hour from early June . |
| 7 | A more versatile one could be obtained for about £10,000 and one with a comprehensive specification for about £20,000 . |
| 8 | Normally , the first trade was done for about £2,000 . |
| 9 | She was bought for about £20,000 in May 1974 by a smuggling syndicate based in London and after being fitted out with no expense spared she was mainly based in Portugal from where her smuggling trips started , loading from supplying craft off the coast of Morocco , thence back across the Bay of Biscay to the Cornish coast . |