Example sentences of "[noun sg] for about twenty [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I mean you could get erm a bedroom suite for about twenty pounds then .
2 That there is a conventional element in the distinction is shown by the fact that procedures expressed as programs can also be expressed by the hardware structure of machines : the principal programming language of AI is LISP , which has been in existence for about twenty years , but only recently has a ‘ hard-wired ’ LISP-machine been built , one in which the LISP programs are more straight forwardly isomorphic with the operations of the hardware .
3 Increase oven heat to crisp the pork and cook the stuffing for about twenty minutes .
4 Sister Rosario 's beady eyes scanned the classroom for about twenty seconds before she said , ‘ Let that be a warning to any would-be bullies in this class .
5 stays on it on the game for about twenty minutes and he just sort of talks on and on
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