Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not say precisely when I expect him to return , though I should suppose in about a week from now . ’ |
| 2 | The number of people aged 16 to 19 will fall by about a quarter by 1994 . |
| 3 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
| 4 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
| 5 | The development of new levels or stopes , which are either simply for exploration or which will not produce any ore for perhaps three years , can eat up about a third of a mine 's operating costs . |