Example sentences of "[prep] about [adj] [noun] ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is all very fascinating , ’ said Wilcox , looking at his watch , ‘ but I 've got a meeting in here in about five minutes ' time , with my technical manager and his staff . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 3 | in about six months ' time |
| 4 | and then if that 's okay with you I 'll come back in about two weeks ' time and |
| 5 | Then in about two weeks ' time we come to the carol service . |