Example sentences of "about forty [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it only takes me about forty minute , no hold on ! |
| 2 | We got about erm on the first day we got about forty case . |
| 3 | In 1975 there were only about forty university graduates in the country and the departure of the Portuguese settlers who had monopolized skilled and white-collar jobs left the economy in a state of collapse . |
| 4 | That 's about forty foot down |
| 5 | This is about forty foot down and then it drops again |
| 6 | About forty helium balloons that materialised from nowhere with this American girl have been wound hard up into the window , and judder maniacally together in the wind . |
| 7 | a man of about forty rose as they entered . |
| 8 | Not too cold though , with the temperature down to four or five Celsius , that 's about forty Fahrenheit . |
| 9 | she said she would erm cos it 's erm well it would work out about forty pound to have it done , thirty five |
| 10 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 11 | But she 's on about forty pound a week . |