Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackie Sinclaire , from Horncastle , Lincolnshire , has a seven-year-old Golden Retriever named Jasper who was diagnosed diabetic about 18 months ago . |
| 2 | Responding to criticism from other political parties in his coalition government , Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti stressed that the two men , Mohammed Issa Abbas and Youssouf Ahmed Saad , had secured release about two years early as part of a general amnesty programme ; it was " fantasy " , he said , to suggest that their freeing only two weeks before the outbreak of hostilities in the Gulf was aimed at protecting Italy from terrorist attacks . |
| 3 | The , the d doors were in the water right low , they were , they were low say you would n't have had say about three foot of water in the hold . |
| 4 | This would have given Israel about 10 percent of the original Mandated territory . |
| 5 | ‘ But we only learnt he was called Raphael about eight weeks ago , during my visit here before Lent . ’ |
| 6 | Cross-examined by Anthony Morris , QC , defending , he said they had become close friends through their shared interest in scouting and had become lovers about three months before her death . |
| 7 | Priests and people are given instructions about five different offerings : |
| 8 | ‘ So I suppose death could have taken place about twelve hours ago . ’ |
| 9 | This meeting had taken place about two weeks ago ; two weeks of frustration and boredom rubbing away at the monkey 's sanity , its only hope to keep concentrating ; to put all its energy into finishing the task the computer had set for it ; another four , maybe five hours of programming . |
| 10 | You are given drugs about half an hour beforehand then you 're wheeled into a big room which is all tiled . |
| 11 | And also , I 've just beaten Steve about 20 times in a row ! ) |