Example sentences of "be [verb] about two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been done , it 's been done about two weeks |
| 2 | A rough fireplace surrounded by stones had been built about two metres in front of it , and grey ash fitted the centre of the ring . |
| 3 | And er anyway , I says , Darren , I said they 're wanting about two hundred and odd pound for a caravan you know ! |
| 4 | The Nuffield has been treating about two and a half thousand routine cases every year . |
| 5 | You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 6 | I 'd like to know cos I can get , if I 'm getting say if I 'm getting about two |
| 7 | Finally members of the jury by way of opening tonight , ask you to be warned about two things . |
| 8 | Oh yes , we everybody knew of that of the slate we were making , you know cos erm we were making about two thousand duchess a day . |
| 9 | At 6.00pm the cliffs of Dunnose were sighted about two miles off , bearing north by east . |
| 10 | Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here . |
| 11 | The principal floor is raised about two and a half feet . |
| 12 | He 'd been married about two months when he went to bed one night and woke up the next morning and he was back in the field and 17 again . |
| 13 | last time this was used about two years ago so it 's a bit stiff . |
| 14 | ‘ Right , and he was admitted about two hours ago . ’ |
| 15 | This is largely because he was mistaken about two of his standard candles : his cepheid variables had characteristics somewhat different from those he assumed , and some of his brightest ‘ stars ’ were actually highly luminous bodies of ionised hydrogen . |
| 16 | A youth who led the horses for hauling was paid about two thirds of this rate . |