Example sentences of "[adv prt] 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 | So I think he was down for about six months before he left . |
| 21 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 22 | Where we were dru , the spi , the Espinear used to be drummed down for about five , six , seven years . |
| 23 | There when you go to the bank , you have to sit down for about two hours before they even think you 're there . |
| 24 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 25 | He 'll go in for about four months , they 'll give him shock treatment and all that , but as soon as he comes out he starts drinking again . |
| 26 | You have n't stayed in for about two months ’ , which is true really . |
| 27 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 28 | thing is I do n't think I can but er I mean I might be able to pop in for about half an hour . |
| 29 | Well I do n't go in for about half an hour . |
| 30 | Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready . |