Example sentences of "about [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incident happened at about 10.30pm at the subway in Northgate , Darlington . |
| 2 | English Heritage has agreed to open Stonehenge from about 6am for the sunrise , but is closing the car park . |
| 3 | But if they were about more on the streets it would be more of a deterrent . |
| 4 | The incident happened at about 6.50pm on the Parkway-Mandale interchange in Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | Inspector Tim Powell said the county was ‘ just about out of the woods ’ . |
| 6 | On one occasion the job went wrong , the huge barrel slipped from the ramp , split and best beer gushed from about half-way down the side on to the road and sped down the gutter . |
| 7 | His landlady had said that Drew had returned in a dishevelled state about 1.00am from the opposite direction from the theatre . |
| 8 | ‘ All about deep in the heart of Texas and the sage in bloom being like perfume . |
| 9 | At the same meeting , he said that Novell expects its fourth quarter international revenues to be about even with the third quarter , adding ‘ Europe continues to look spotty . ’ |
| 10 | Miss Whiplash and Bash the Barbarian are still doing battle over the right to reply , and judging by the amount of mail each receive it looks to be about even at the moment . |
| 11 | Blagrave left the Griffin at about 3am on the Sunday morning . |
| 12 | Erm I had a phone call just before I came out , area area party , so this 'll come It 's about actually in the ward which we narrowly missed getting last time just by erm not even a very strong The by election is on September twenty third and we want leafleters this weekend , so if anybody is able to go on leafleting , which is right between It 's er I 've got the phone number for Forgot the surname but she works with Bob , so if you ring up and say this Is that Linda who works with Bob . |
| 13 | From just about anywhere on the GalacNet she can access systems on other works including the all-inclusive Encyclobanks of SenFed Central . |
| 14 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
| 15 | The other kinds of socially deictic information , however , can be encoded just about anywhere in the linguistic system . |
| 16 | For those who can afford it … the top holiday destinations this Easter are … just about anywhere in the sun … |