Example sentences of "[conj] about [num] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | * This amount will be determined by the level of the FT-SE 100 Index prevailing at or about 11.00 am on the maturity date of the Bond . |
| 2 | She sat there and about four o'clock in the afternoon the sister came round , ‘ I 'm sorry , Mrs Nicholson , we have n't got any transport , you 'll have to stop another night . ’ |
| 3 | They returned to Joan 's parents ' house and about four o'clock in the morning decided on two steps . |
| 4 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | It does n't get light until about six o'clock in the morning and it gets dark |
| 6 | By this time next month we 're just about at the solstice we 're find that it 's not getting light until about seven o'clock in the morning and it 's getting dark again by about half past three . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not change for death till about four o'clock on the day he died . |
| 8 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |