Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , well , we do have a housing crisis , there is no doubt about that , but to say that it 's government created is just another ploy of the Labour Group and the Liberal Democrats who , as Michael has said , are usually incohesion ; that is why we are a small group of ten on Council fighting probably about thirty five .
2 People living near about 50 American weapons manufacturing and testing sites may also have been exposed to carcinogenic radiation , the fund said .
3 The crust , therefore , is an extremely thin surface layer representing only about 0.5 per cent of the Earth 's radius .
4 The arrow , expressed as a wedge form , can minimise turbulence and drag in supersonic flight and in automobiles travelling beyond about 75 mph ( 120 km per hour ) .
5 The remainder made for the Trig al Ab , a desert track running inland about thirty miles south of the coast .
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