Example sentences of "[adv] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These began around 1947 and went on for about two years . |
| 2 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 3 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
| 4 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 5 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 6 | ‘ I left the treatment on for about 10 minutes but I did n't really have the time to use a plastic cap . |
| 7 | Erm and that 's really been coming on for about five years . |
| 8 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 9 | Apply , comb through , put on a plastic bath cap to keep in the heat and leave on for about 20–30 minutes . |
| 10 | Would one light on for about seven hours per day stop algae growth altogether ? |
| 11 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |
| 12 | ‘ She does n't come on for about ten minutes . ’ |
| 13 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |
| 14 | but of course that does n't leave me much to talk about , becau , however he managed to go on for about ten minutes |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been canoeing off and on for about ten years , but this is my first venture on the open sea , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 17 | And then the old keeper used to come round and see that we were all right and they 'd be there till the following day and carry on for about three or four weeks you see . |
| 18 | ‘ I did use a towel and left the conditioner on for about 6 minutes . |
| 19 | I mean my , one of my friend 's sons , he was a computer man , he was working on his own but he 's in his I should think he 's getting on for about forty six and he was doing freelance but this recession the people who er the firms who were employing him are using their own staff and they 're not calling on him now and er he 's not done any computing for twelve months . |
| 20 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 21 | Now of course there are other er forms of erm er o o of fuel er there 's coal erm and we have large stocks of coal in this country er enough for about two hundred er years er again you ask the question well why therefore is the , is the government coal cl cl closing down er a large part of the coal industry ? |
| 22 | Moreover , it broadcast only for about four hours each evening ; and ten years later it was still on air only 60 per cent as much as BBC1 . |
| 23 | He 's been like this only for about thirty seconds . |
| 24 | REPORTS that the Government plans to save about 13 of the 31 coal mines threatened with closure — but only for about two years — were dismissed as speculation by Downing Street last night . |
| 25 | Saves leaving them in the car , probably only for about two hours , I do n't know if it 's better leaving at home or taking with me , there 's . |
| 26 | 30 " He was dead when he went in , and as he 'd been dead only for about six to seven hours , it could n't have been longer than that . |
| 27 | The effect , however , lasts only for about twenty-four hours , for tannin manufacture ( say the botanists ) consumes a considerable amount of plant energy and resources . |
| 28 | These plants are undoubtedly growing in the harshest terrestrial conditions on our planet and can metabolise only for about 300 hours a year . |
| 29 | If my deductions are correct , Fishbane has been in charge of buying only for about three years , because for the previous three the magazines being ordered were very rum indeed . |
| 30 | Cook gently for about 5 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly . |