Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] about [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings were rebuilt from about 1500 in stone and brick and survived until 1837 , when the architect K. Kremer was commissioned to enlarge and adapt the university , called the Cracow Academy . |
| 2 | At some point during the late 1950s or early 1960s he deciphered — thanks to the help of a passing visitor from the planet Venus — some hieroglyphs from the Amazon Basin which were dated to about 10,000 years ago . |
| 3 | Nuclear extracts from BHK-21 or HeLa cells were made from about 5 10 7 cells as described by Dignam et al. , ( 17 ) . |
| 4 | Between 1712 and 1716 the lots were sold to about twenty different persons : the same rents remained in force for the next century . |
| 5 | While we were waiting at about 10.30 p.m. to go on night shift , we were subjected to a certain amount of what would now be called ‘ sexual harassment ’ , which we learned to parry quite neatly ; but the arrangement did seem a little thoughtless on the part of the B.P. Transport Department . |
| 6 | You know , we were going for about ten minute . |
| 7 | The cream boat or cream jug were introduced from about 1740 and are similar to the sauce-boat , though smaller . |
| 8 | We were talking till about three and then there was three of us who stayed awake longer , Then som the alarm went off at six thirty cos someone had a newspaper round . |