Example sentences of "get about [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We 've only got about two or three people in the whole house that do n't have a wheelchair if they go out .
2 Erm no I think I 've got about two weeks off .
3 Yes we 've got about two hundred people outside .
4 He 's got he 's got about two or three visitors today .
5 And I got , I 've got about two hundred of these poly-foam chairs as well back
6 No , it 's got to be right , right , er big and I 'm going to stuff it with a plank of wood and put I 've got about two bushes and what the problem is , is you 've got get
7 I 've got wo I 've got about two earrings , and that 's it .
8 I 've got about two here
9 got about two hundred
10 but I mean they work on a sort of cash basis and er the lorries just drive up , get loaded up , course you just have to queue , he said if you get behind six or seven lorries by the time you 've got your load then you 've got to get back to where your doing the job , then you 've only got about two or three hours daylight left , this is why these , these obviously go round there , say do three or four in one area and you get one load get it out get the job done , you know , and when his paid out cash that time of the morning they the do n't care you have to pay
11 you know I mean I 've looked through the parasitology books I 've got about two of 'em it 's all cestodes and lima luminaries and and worse the jargon in biology
12 But I 've , I 've still got about two hours , at least er , to do .
13 So we 've got about six weeks in which to do this .
14 The turn-off to Cajamarca is north of Trujillo , so we 've got about six hundred kilometres of fast drivin' . ’
15 But she 's got about six different firms on the computer and was comparing notes .
16 I 've got about six of his books in there !
17 It 's got about six bedrooms well it did have , not about
18 She 'd got about six little normal dining chairs , and then there there were the carver chairs , she 'd got about six of those .
19 She 'd got about six little normal dining chairs , and then there there were the carver chairs , she 'd got about six of those .
20 But another thing to be shown how to do it and that 's what , really what we want to try and do for the rest of the talk is to not just keep preaching at you and telling you what to do , but to show you how , so that 's the purpose of the talk from now on , now in this outline there are , I 've got about fourteen different points here and it 'll highlight ways in which we can er stay awake , what I 'm going to do is to read straight through them and then we 'll go back and pick a couple out , because it 's impossible to concentrate on the entire er amount , so we 'll do that , it 's er a number of things we can do to keep virtually awake keep up with the food at the proper time from Jehovah 's organizations that 's studying and things like that is n't it ?
21 Oh , you 've got about 10 more minutes .
22 ‘ Actually , I 've got about fifteen guitars but I have no interest in collecting them .
23 We cut up small pieces of carpet into different sizes and we 've got about fifteen different folders
24 You 've got about fifteen minutes to play for fifteen minutes now , then we have to go ut .
25 Yeah I mean I hope all , I will be able t all I will do is say well we 've got about fifty bloody criteria here .
26 er for special services I invite everybody , and I 've got about fifty on my books which I think I can afford to go around when I get there , can you do a couple , they live near you
27 and I told the English language have got about fifty percent of Roman ways
28 Time running out here for Forest we 've got about nine minutes to play .
29 and ma and my group leader he er he 's already got about nine cars cos he collects them anyway !
30 ‘ You 've got about five minutes .
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