Example sentences of "be [verb] about [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accumulator was very heavy and had to be charged about once a month . |
| 2 | From six months onwards , deworming will probably be required about twice a year on average . |
| 3 | There is of course a fine line between ‘ direct support ’ and ‘ regular monitoring ’ but the main distinction is that people in the previous category were visited at least once a week to give support or help , whereas people in the ‘ monitoring only ’ category were visited about once a fortnight or once a month so that the development officer could ‘ see how things were going ’ . |
| 4 | The kiln , which is fired about once a week , takes 2 days to heat and cool down . |
| 5 | Until the autumn he was paddling about twice a week and most competitive activity has been running and squash rather than paddling . |