Example sentences of "[verb] about two " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish army marched to relieve Berwick and encountered the English forces drawn up on Halidon Hill , which lies about two miles north-west of the town and commands all approaches to it from the north . |
| 2 | Puerto de la Luz y Las Palmas , to give it its correct name , lies about two miles due south and is protected by a massive breakwater . |
| 3 | its er about four feet long and it stands about two feet high , it 's on legs , it takes quite a lot of room up and we need the space . |
| 4 | It covers about two thousand years of history , but most the miracles are clustered round a few persons and events : |
| 5 | But what I would like to say before we look at those is that the Act was actually based upon a report — the government set up a committee to look into special education several years ago , and this reported about two years ago . |
| 6 | She continues to catch and bring back bees , one at a time , until each larva has about two bees to eat . |
| 7 | He had red hair and looked about two years older than me . |
| 8 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
| 9 | ‘ At the end of the day , we build about two ships a year and we have the option of using dry docks at Harland & Wolff in Belfast or perhaps Yarrow , ’ he said . |
| 10 | You 'll probably need about two hours . |
| 11 | The Herbarium in Edinburgh holds about two million dried plant specimens , and the living collections in the Garden represent about 15,000 species , not to mention varieties and cultivars . |
| 12 | To quote my rabbi : ‘ Masters and Johnson — what did they know about sex that the rabbis did n't know about two thousand years ago ? ’ |
| 13 | All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth , I do n't know about two front seats . |
| 14 | Although Concurrent 's Series 3200 proprietary machines provide about two thirds of sales , the company expects its Unix line to take over . |
| 15 | After you have mixed about two teaspoonsful of the water into the oil and wax , remove from the heat and continue adding the water a little at a time until you have incorporated it all . |
| 16 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 17 | The controversy centres on the assumptions made about two of the terms , V and Q : whether and how they are affected by changes in the money supply ( M ) . |
| 18 | The Order increases protection and cover and also embraces about two hundred thousand people who were not previously protected . |
| 19 | As a general rule , women ought to drink about two thirds of the safe levels for men , mainly because of their lower average body weight . |
| 20 | It was from him that Rostov learned that under normal circumstances the whole camp would have moved about two hundred verst to the north during the late afternoon and through the night — probably all the way to Pesth — but that a full day 's rest had been ordered by the Khan . |
| 21 | After that , while never again did she stay long enough to have supper — or do the washing-up — Rosemary , still popping across to Leith 's and Sebastian 's flat at any time , accepted about two invitations in particular each week for coffee . |
| 22 | Hydro said it would have lost an estimated 195 million kroner in 1992 if accounting changes had not freed about two billion kroner of reserves put aside for future tax obligations under the old accounting system . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And er anyway , I says , Darren , I said they 're wanting about two hundred and odd pound for a caravan you know ! |
| 25 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 26 | You 've only done about two words , then you have a break and then you go back to it and you get another three or four . |
| 27 | When he when we get when I 've done about two pages guess how much he 's done ? |
| 28 | It 's been done , it 's been done about two weeks |
| 29 | And she made me feel about two inches high |
| 30 | No do n't take them off , it 's ju d' ya know I had those re-heeled about two weeks ago . |