Example sentences of "[pron] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos he came round the next week and talked to me , he had a quick chat with me for about three hours ! |
| 2 | yesterday right in the park and he hugged me for about ten years . |
| 3 | She studied me for about half a minute , then rearranged some of the knick-knacks on her stall . |
| 4 | And he stayed with me for about half an hour looking after me . |
| 5 | Erm , and I worked for them for about twelve or thirteen years , I suppose , trolling around sout south of England . |
| 6 | See those are cheap sets we can probably buy them for about twelve quid apiece could n't we ? |
| 7 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 8 | Leave both glasses in the same place and keep an eye on them for about half an hour . |
| 9 | He says he worked with them for about seven months . |
| 10 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 11 | Shape the mixture into smallish hamburgers in the palm of your hands and , turning them once , grill them for about 5-7 minutes depending on how rare you like the meat . |
| 12 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 13 | they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon |
| 14 | A mate of mine he says he wo n't tell you for about three or four years . |
| 15 | I can get if for you for about three pounds for the pure crystals . |
| 16 | So if I can get something for about five five ton . |
| 17 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 18 | They supplied them t to their employees cos if they got an old pair they want to wear , they 'd flog another one for about five bob . |
| 19 | Two of the women who were moved up with me had already been in prison , one for about a year , one for about eight months , so they knew what to expect . |
| 20 | And er I feel I 've been wearing one for about twenty five years and I feel a lot better , I feel I feel as if I look good in a wig . |
| 21 | But anyway , our , our prisoner , we , we , we are fairly sure he 's been released , he 's a , we had him for about two was it one or two years ? |
| 22 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 23 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 24 | Emma went out with him for about two months |
| 25 | Have n't seen him for about two weeks . |
| 26 | That way we can put the donkey in a field at about 11am and leave him for about six hours while people have other entertainment . ’ |
| 27 | I must have been chatting to him for about 20 minutes and he told me he 'd needed an urgent lift . |
| 28 | But th that 's actually they followed him for about ten miles . |
| 29 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |
| 30 | I 've known him for about three years and we get on fine as friends . |