Example sentences of "in about two hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll never be among the winners ( top runners finish in about two hours 10 minutes ) , but he likes to complete a marathon in under four hours 25 minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ I still had to get to New York where my plane was due to leave in about two hours . ’ |
| 3 | Two and one half inches of rain had fallen in about two hours , the sky clearing just before sundown . |
| 4 | If you 're quick , you can grind all the maize in about two hours . |
| 5 | Or in about two hours time . |
| 6 | I had put in about two hours detecting time by now and these were the only two non-ferrous items I had found apart from some scrap lead . |
| 7 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 8 | On clear days it was like flying over an Atlas map of the British Isles and I picked out all the familiar landmarks in about two hours , which had probably taken me days to cover by sea . |
| 9 | Visit poor Southgate , flirt with young Mathilda , but come back here , ’ Benjamin peered out of the window , ‘ in about two hours . ’ |
| 10 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 11 | do n't start me on that , I 'll be doing it in about two hours ' time . |