Example sentences of "[adv prt] about six [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ The rig was in about six feet of water , much deeper than she would normally go .
2 NIGEL HAD NOT SEEN KAREN IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND WHEN HE finally called on her she was cold .
3 In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’
4 Aides said that a 73-year-old Indian guru , lying on slabs of ice and pronounced dead by doctors more than a month ago , is in a state of deep meditation and will wake up in about six months .
5 If they ca n't be accomplished in about six weeks , set yourself some smaller sub-objectives that you can complete today or within a week , just like on the five-mile run example .
6 All things being equal we could probably turn one of these things around , which is basically preparing all the literature , briefing the systems people and getting it all printed up and everything in about six weeks .
7 As she left she said I 'm looking forward to seeing you all in about six weeks .
8 They 've unveiled their first Grand Prix car and will go racing next year if … and it 's a very BIG if … they can raise six million pounds in about six weeks
9 The shower broke down about six months ago .
10 The divorce came through about six months ago . ’
11 Zero is dressed in a plain white T-shirt and ill-fitting jeans rolled up about six inches .
12 We used up about six towels , and took ages , each of us , to scrub the bath afterwards .
13 It will also grow from seed sown in late spring , with protection , planting out about six weeks later .
14 Then the album came out about six months later and there was no track — the track never made it to the album !
15 Erm before we started this drawing which so if I co , perhaps if I stand here everyone will be able to see which is probably fairly familiar and in , in most respects it goes back about six years to the first master plan that was produced for the estate erm to provide a combination of regeneration and new build .
16 as a general erm guideline chairman , the Greater York study area has a some degree of consistency with the outer boundary erm of the York greenbelt which is generally around about six miles erm from the Greater York er er from from the City Centre .
17 And in fact , quite fortuitously we did bring along a plan today which has a six mile radius , erm from the Centre of York which was er the subject of some discussion at the greenbelt local plan enquiry and by and large , erm there is some consistency between the outer boundary or the greenbelt erm and the Greater York study area , both at around about six miles from the city centre .
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