Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after walking for about fifty yards we came to another thinner wall of barbed wire with a gate in it . |
| 2 | After walking for about 20 minutes he saw two red pinpoints ahead of him , the tail-lights of a car . |
| 3 | After driving for about ten minutes Jed looked away to the right . |
| 4 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |
| 5 | After living for about eighty years , they become ill and miserable . |
| 6 | The harsh measures of the transitory period are expected to lower the standard of living for about 20 per cent of the population . |
| 7 | Erm , what I 'll also do , we 'll only sort of talk for about twenty five minutes , about the essay , and then we 'll look at sh writing short answers er , for the exam , |
| 8 | However , the figure also shows that if we fall asleep when the body temperature is about to begin to fall ( about 6 o'clock in the evening ) , there is the possibility of sleeping for about 12 hours . |