Example sentences of "about an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rambled aimlessly for about an hour , in and out of dirty narrow streets , their only saving grace being their brevity , in and out of a variety of shops , bought some oranges from the market stalls , the most interesting feature of the wretched place , then went in to see an ‘ explicit sex ’ film and was presented with a badly mutilated and heavily censored version of some third-rate continental film which I left within the first fifteen minutes . |
| 2 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 3 | Both involved a delay of about an hour , and in the second case an officer was forced to go in a staff car to attend the patient . |
| 4 | He was killed about an hour and a half ago during a German counter attack on our positions . |
| 5 | The grin left his face as he mentioned that he had been informed about an hour ago that his brother-in-law , who was a member of No. 4 Commando , had been killed during a German counter attack on the Commando positions . |
| 6 | After about an hour the shelling stopped and was followed by sporadic mortar and machine gun fire , the latter cutting up the ground along the front of the orchard facing the enemy positions . |
| 7 | About twelve midnight the German positions in the village were over-run , and for about an hour the enemy mortaring in the farm area ceased . |
| 8 | The shelling went on for about an hour then almost complete silence descended on the area as I continued to stare to my front . |
| 9 | After about an hour when the pies and chips have stopped flying across the screen I notice a strange purple growth , like a cancer cell under a microscope , at the bottom left hand corner of the screen . |
| 10 | ‘ Now that I 've eaten and drunk my fill it 's time for me to beat away , ’ he said after about an hour . |
| 11 | In apparent agreement with this idea , some subjects appeared to benefit from continual advances of their sleep/wake rhythm ( as though they were continually flying eastward ) or by being woken temporarily at about four o'clock in the morning to receive a burst of bright light for about an hour . |
| 12 | They should be with you in about an hour … . ’ |
| 13 | An estimate of numbers was impossible in the few seconds available at the pause , but on the return journey , about an hour later , something had awakened them and a most spectacular aerial display was in progress — the two species had reacted differently to whatever had disturbed their siesta — the lapwing wheeling erratically just above ground level , but the ‘ goldies ’ in ever-changing smoke-like clouds high above , performing quick-change evolutions reminiscent of starlings going to roost . |
| 14 | Vic Furlong : ‘ He was always a bit of a dreamer in that I 'd give him a job to do , come back in about an hour and he was still chatting , the job unfinished , so he had to go . |
| 15 | Remove about an hour before the guests are expected and fill the pineapple shells , then leave to come up to room temperature . |
| 16 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 17 | WHAT : Visits may be weekly or fortnightly and last about an hour , on a one-to-one basis in the prisoner 's cell ; all conversations are confidential . |
| 18 | Eventually I arrived at Number 10 about an hour late . |
| 19 | I do not ever recall being quite as sick and shaken as I was then , about an hour and a half ago . |
| 20 | In about an hour , I suppose , it will be dawn there , too . |
| 21 | Had he missed the cut , Woosnam would not even have had that to watch on Saturday , since the network went off the air with about an hour 's play left in a move that would have angered Great Britain . |
| 22 | Thankfully , he had gone out for about an hour . |
| 23 | Compared with £1.5 billion for FGD to achieve a significant cut in Britain 's sulphur emissions , it was a cheap way of buying time : a year 's grace for each £1 million , about an hour 's expenditure for the CEGB . |
| 24 | I can make a home in about an hour . |
| 25 | It takes about an hour to travel the length of the lake in complete silence . |
| 26 | The head and individual staff members meeting for about an hour to discuss the staff member 's responsibilities and the way that the school has progressed over the year ; particular stress being placed on the successes of the staff member and in finding areas of development and growth . |
| 27 | was present in our bedroom until five minutes before was born and then again about an hour later — absence was her choice as it was her teatime and her tea was ready ! ! |
| 28 | Our filming will involve exterior shots only and I would anticipate that we will be at Jodrell Bank for about an hour . |
| 29 | About an hour at the Press . |
| 30 | ‘ We drive for about an hour . |