Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] about [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I brought about twenty-two earthquakes |
| 2 | And er the firm payed me er four shilling , a week , and er the man I was working with , he he , the rest of it was taken out of his er his er wage packet er and put into mine , and so I got about eleven and sixpence a week . |
| 3 | So I sprinkle about three strands of cheese . |
| 4 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 5 | So she leaves about ten she 'll be here some time after ten wo n't she ? |
| 6 | So you get about five or six garments in width across there . |
| 7 | So we have about forty people in the morning and about sixty people in the evening . |
| 8 | So they get about twelve thirteen hundred . |
| 9 | Together they provide about 60 per cent of the housing for single people and almost a quarter of all wheelchair access dwellings . |
| 10 | At least tonight I have about 45 minutes in which to speak , and whether I take that much time will depend on how we get on . |
| 11 | I mean if you go it 's normally I chat about two lectures on that and you give lots of examples . |
| 12 | We are due to review the morning service pattern at the church meeting on December 9th , although it is difficult to imagine how we could ever revert to a single service since already we have about 500 adults and children attending the two services ! |
| 13 | Normally it takes about six days to arrange a visit , even if you cable both ways . |
| 14 | I thought why spend it all on chocolate because usually I buy about six or seven quid 's worth of eggs , a mixture of eggs |
| 15 | Collectively they use about 155,000 hectares of land and produce approximately 6,000,000 tonnes of potatoes each year . |
| 16 | Usually they take about three weeks to make but a further nine months can elapse before brass-polishing is completed especially if they are to be exhibited before use . |
| 17 | A US military spokesman , Colonel Fred Peck , said yesterday he expected about 4,200 troops to travel by sea from Mogadishu to Kismayu within the next 24 hours . |
| 18 | ‘ Altogether we have about 60–70 people in London and 20 in Hong Kong , and all of them have access to our data in New York . ’ |
| 19 | Now you get about 2.5 francs for a pound . |
| 20 | ‘ Right now you look about fourteen . |
| 21 | Now she has about 240 of them . |
| 22 | ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members . |
| 23 | yes , well I mean about two lots of minutes ago |
| 24 | I mean I do n't understand this you know , they oh bye , see you tomorrow you know about two hours . |
| 25 | Well we done about seventeen of them but mainly on the super mail side but we stick to the one sort of with |
| 26 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 27 | Today they have about 27,000 US outlets including department stores , drug stores , computer stores , airport shops and a few bookshops . |
| 28 | Well he did about three laps of the lounge this morning . |
| 29 | I had a beauty I had a run there I had about four in a row which came out whole , but now I 'm getting crushed nuts |
| 30 | yeah , but then you pay about three quid |