Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her arms around his neck , and Edouard managed to resist her for about thirty seconds . |
| 2 | ‘ We should be able to track him for about half a mile , but with all these buildings we 'll be lucky to get two hundred yards . |
| 3 | Unfortunately we 're gon na have to market ours at about eighty two pence , but we feel this is quite reasonable considering that the vast the biggest sales of this two litre size would be from the milk floats and would delivered to the door . |
| 4 | My brother , sister and I have made lots of friends whilst we have been down there , but it only really started to fascinate us from about 2 or 3 years ago , before then we had just been interested in swimming , going into the amusements and going to the beach etc . |
| 5 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 6 | Which means you 've got to make it for about twelve or fourteen . |
| 7 | They pumped out the Patience and managed to stabilise it after about two hours . |