Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] about a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire . |
| 2 | It is proposed that it should be used in those Committee areas for about a month so that difficulties can emerge and be dealt with . |
| 3 | In local authorities , expanding competition through compulsory competitive tendering has shown many successes for about a decade . |
| 4 | Although Kapiti will not release its figures for about a month because they have yet to be audited , Ms Keegan estimated that turnover has increased by about 20% on last year . |
| 5 | Thumbed through some papers that they have got , in front of the shop , and found one set of erm , papers from nineteen thirty-six concerned the French National Anthem , and I thought that was a second amazing coincidence , er , and so I had to buy myself that that set of papers for about a pound . |
| 6 | talks to about a day in his life at the Ipswich Grain Terminal |
| 7 | It assesses practical basic language skills in English and another language in the context of the public services at about A level . |
| 8 | Some labourers had jobs for about a month beforehand when the trees were thinned and again in May when pruning started . |