Example sentences of "[v-ing] about twenty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , having given up smoking about twenty years ago , I find it unbelievable that I should have smoked as many as ten cigarettes a day ; but they were one of the things that helped to create a bond with Dana , something we could share . |
| 2 | I tumbled out of bed , threw on my tracksuit and joined the others shivering outside on the gravel ; the Corporal kept us waiting about twenty minutes until the Sergeant arrived . |
| 3 | Well I was panicking about twenty five past . |
| 4 | We 're getting about twenty in , it 's really serious . |
| 5 | Approximately one hour after the onset of sleep , rapid eye movements beneath the closed lids occur ( termed " paradoxical sleep " ) , usually lasting about twenty minutes . |
| 6 | And trains from Paddington into Oxford are running about twenty minutes late this evening , but I 've no specific problems to report from the buses . |
| 7 | Erm well erm I I normally work four days a week but I 'm not working today because we 're having about twenty people around for a buffet supper tonight so I 'm very busy cooking . |
| 8 | This had involved asking about twenty small businesses if they had been assisted by LEDU and what were their attitudes to LEDU . |
| 9 | He was thinking about twenty hours a day locked up with him . |
| 10 | I 've no , I I hardly think that they 're commentating about twenty miles away . |
| 11 | He had his specially built twelve-foot big-wave gun , weighing about twenty pounds , ready and waiting . |