Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] about half a " in BNC.

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1 Well us lot must walk about half a mile a day you know .
2 In general terms , a paragraph should have several sentences , and might cover about half a page of A4 ( about 100 to 150 words ) .
3 Well as I say dock area , they might live about half a mile away that was all .
4 Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box .
5 Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box .
6 One 25kg bag will cover about half a square metre , to a thickness of 25mm
7 And I pick it up and it says Loughborough Building Society and you can see about half a percent er premium rate on fifty thousand pounds , and you think that might be worth going for , for , for somebody who 's got a lot of capital , but is it really , because if you 've got fifty thousand in there , you are at risk .
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