Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the US Patent Office opened in 1790 over four million patents have been issued — yet women have received only about 60 000 ( or 1.5% ) . |
| 2 | Situated only about two miles from where the threshold of Heathrow 's runway 27L is today , Hanworth was once a fascinating place and home of all kinds of interesting flying machines , as well as a flying training school . |
| 3 | ‘ Which is a weird coincidence — since both crimes appear to have been committed within about twenty-four hours of each other . ’ |
| 4 | Moreover , from the annual and diurnal growth patterns of organisms , preserved as fossils , it has been established , for example , that about 380 Ma ago there were about 400 ‘ days ’ in the year and as the orbital period of the Earth is very unlikely to have changed the ‘ day ’ must then have contained only about 22 hours . |
| 5 | They would have planned to have won only about half the amount of possession that they did actually get and still hoped to have been in front . |
| 6 | The manufacturing plant once surrounding it , is today located separately about half a mile away . |
| 7 | 30th March 1808 ‘ saw a woman on Blackfriar 's Bridge who had just been killed by a horse which had run away — the horse was stopped just about half way between that market and the bridge , drank tea and supped with Mr. Hills — Mr. Pyne was there — met Mr. Reinagle ’ . |
| 8 | Has a very calm nature and er explosive turn of pace and all round looks very promising this nineteen year old who 's made only about half a dozen appearances in the first team . |
| 9 | But 1992 had seen only about 165 houses were sold , against 306 in 1991 . |
| 10 | IN all , firecrews pumped away about 150,000 gallons of flood water , |
| 11 | It 's early to tell yet ) to a recent number of one of the fashion monthlies , the wheel has turned just about half-circle and arrived at the point where it is almost essential to talk about the food and drink , because they have been chosen mainly with a view to distracting attention from the table decorations . |
| 12 | Moved here about fifteen months ago . |
| 13 | Between 1849 and 1877 wheat production was pushed forward about nine degrees of longitude in the United States , mainly during the 1860s . |
| 14 | ‘ So I 've got just about two years and nine months to pay back the full sixty pounds plus interest ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had just about all I can take of this mucking about . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me tell you , Deveraugh , ’ She gritted , her voice shaking with anger , ‘ I 've had just about all I can stomach of your malicious slanders . |
| 17 | I 've had just about enough of this . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had just about enough of this . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think you have had just about enough wine this night , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I 've had just about enough trouble from you and your family . ’ |
| 21 | I 've only had ever about two complaints in four and a half years , and that 's not very bad , that 's only because the filter needed cleaning , mostly . |
| 22 | France and Italy have had respectively about two centuries and one to erect and modify their national systems . |
| 23 | Where many import requests were combined in one project , CACEX negotiated a ‘ national content ’ proportion for the project as a whole , leaving the enterprise to decide which imports were vital and which replaceable , CACEX licences have been much more effective in controlling imports than the high tariffs , which in practice affected only about 6 per cent by value of total imports . |
| 24 | Currently , the with-profits fund is invested only about 50 per cent in equities , compared with 65 or 70 per cent of the stronger life offices . |
| 25 | He has been a member of Dinsdale Golf Club for seven years and only played there about ten times and that is something else he hopes to expand on , he says . |
| 26 | I should imagine weighed somewhere about five six hundredweight . |
| 27 | She had walked only about two miles when she saw , coming towards her , the one man who she did not wish to see . |
| 28 | The engine has been on an electronic diagnosis machine ( like a Sun tester ) and everything was shown to be set just about right . |
| 29 | He 's a good man in a crisis having experienced just about all his football at the rough end of the stick and he 'll be prepared to battle — it just depends on whether the directors battle with him . |
| 30 | It was said that one months worth of rain had rained within about three hours . |