Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] about twenty [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German shelling lasted about twenty minutes , one gun continued to fire , starting with a clear crack , then the sound of the shell passing over , followed by the explosion as it hit the ground . |
| 2 | Te first breakdown came about twenty minutes into the play . |
| 3 | As a consequence wives in social class I and II in 1986 produced their first child when they were more than four years older than wives in social class IV and V. From the 1930s until the 1970s the average couple 's first baby arrived about twenty months after their marriage . |
| 4 | The mortaring lasted about twenty minutes . |
| 5 | A huge roadster stood about twenty yards away . |