Example sentences of "about [num] [noun pl] from [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 2 | That was the boss ; all the other crews are already on task and D Squadron needs a new gearbox in one of its Chieftains — it 's about six miles from here so they 're sending out a truck with the spares and we 're to meet it there . ’ |
| 3 | Then the foot-army from Forth should be here to help you in about three hours from now . |
| 4 | Erm how about three weeks from today ? |
| 5 | There had been a lot of activity in and around Brigade H.Q It appears that the enemy in front of the Commando positions has started to pull out , possibly due to the Allied advance in the Caen area about ten miles from here . |
| 6 | ‘ In about an hour and a quarter , the coach should stop at a signpost about five miles from here . |
| 7 | Yes Nottinghamshire County Council , kicking the series off in about twenty minutes from now we 're chatting with Mick , who is the boss , the chief executive of the County Council . |
| 8 | Castlebar is only about twenty miles from here and Mr Durkin 's automobile can do twenty-five miles an hour . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ A place called Gravetye , ’ I said , ‘ about twenty miles from here . |
| 10 | Long described as a dying breed , and now just about stone dead , we 'll have more of their all round number in about 15 paragraphs from now . |
| 11 | It 's a cottage about four miles from here . |
| 12 | About thirty miles from here . ’ |
| 13 | Between three and four hours later they 'll arrive at a point about thirty miles from here . ’ |
| 14 | According to the map it 's about thirty miles from here in the general direction of Carentan . ’ |
| 15 | However , before that , in two days ’ time , on the Feast of St Leo the Great , you will meet Irvine , My Lord Cardinal 's spy , at Coldstream Priory which lies about thirty miles from here . |
| 16 | They are planning another land-occupation for next weekend , about two kilometres from here . |
| 17 | ‘ How about two days from now ? |
| 18 | The petrological analysis has not been compared with the distribution of die-sets , yet the sheer volume of material , about 200 vessels from about twelve sites , one being the settlement of West Stow in Suffolk , might seem to argue strongly that the products are from a single workshop . |
| 19 | He added : ‘ I live in Mottingham , about seven miles from here and also about seven miles from Selhurst Park and Upton Park . |