Example sentences of "[adj] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tank has an undergravel filter and a internal filter and has been running problem-free for about four months . |
| 2 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 3 | The typical full-term infant can be described as asleep for about seventeen hours out of the twenty-four . |
| 4 | I ran through the fields , laid low for about two hours , then I made my way to the motorway and hitched it to Birmingham . |
| 5 | So I played bass for about four years in that group with Stevie . |
| 6 | Uncover and cook on high for about 5 minutes , until the liquid is reduced . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt high for about four days , not thinking about anything but caring for her . ’ |
| 8 | Microwave on high for about 6 mins , until the fish is cooked through . |
| 9 | Owen received aromatherapy massage weekly for about three months . |
| 10 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 11 | I 'm looking for someone to look after nine month old for about two/three days per week . |
| 12 | One of the tanks has been planted and left to grow virtually untouched for about twenty years . |
| 13 | He had , at the time of the deceased 's death , known the deceased for about three years . |
| 14 | The ovipositor has been visible for about 10 days , and is more prominent in one fish than in the other . |
| 15 | I was only smug for about half a minute . |
| 16 | Residential considerations were paramount for about one-third of the sample . |
| 17 | The xenon atoms remain polarised for about half an hour . |
| 18 | Erm , and i i , I think people quite often feel very bad when they try to stop smoking , I I ha , used to smoke about forty a day and I 've now succeeded in stopped for about four years , but I know that I did have several failures and whe when when you try to stop and and fail you feel extremely bad and low and depressed about yourself , and people probably need quite a lot of support . |
| 19 | It will remain soft for about 24 hours if kept in this way . |
| 20 | Well I was ill for about four days I mean what do they expect ? |
| 21 | Oh he 'd been ill for about six months I think , but erm |
| 22 | Everything was going fine for about four months . |
| 23 | Saw all the logs of wood up , put it on a trailer it was half a mile away from the cottage , when we came to the cottage door , give a shout , they all came out one after the other , there was a chain , put it under the stairs and that was us fine for about three weeks |
| 24 | Next , look at the line between the gratings on the left for about thirty seconds , then transfer your gaze to the central pair again . |
| 25 | I think it 's kinda funny , it 's good for about two listens . ’ |
| 26 | Chappy was good for about 23 goals a season in all major competitions , With Deane 's greater overall contribution we should expect 18 from him . |
| 27 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 28 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 29 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 30 | The weather was lousy again , in fact it was terrible for about three-quarters of the day and it eased off a little when we went out . |