Example sentences of "about [num] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I think there were some of them still in use about fifty years after they were made . |
| 2 | Er obviously the erm better for overseas visitors pound will help tourism in this country , particularly in London erm the Chairman says Madame Tussauds in fact gets about sixty percent visitors over from overseas , Rock Circus at the moment is about fifty percent and it 's still rising , which partially explains why it had a very good year last year . |
| 3 | I hit the central barrier and he went on about fifty yards while I ended up on the hard shoulder |
| 4 | It had obviously taken the wrong channel and become wedged on a rising shelf of rock strata which traversed the trough about fifty yards before it reached the lake surrounding the breakwater . |
| 5 | The mating hum of the female is at a frequency of about 500 hertz and she only produces sounds at this pitch when she is ready to mate . |
| 6 | I have about eight pints and I blank out . |
| 7 | Millend stood idle for about eight years until it eventually became the home of The Mechanical Malting Company , later The Automatic Malting Co , who remained there until 1931 . |
| 8 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |
| 9 | Boil chickpeas for about 30 minutes until they are just tender , then drain . |
| 10 | The maximum amount of sediment likely to be deposited over that period along the coast generally is about 30 centimetres and we know that hurricanes will certainly rearrange that amount of material . |
| 11 | When she arrived back , a little late and with only about forty minutes before she should go down to dinner , she found a small packet on her dressing-table . |
| 12 | a man of about forty rose as they entered . |
| 13 | I said oh , about forty seconds and he sort of looked . |
| 14 | ‘ I had about 700 quid and I had some mates who 'd been in Clock DVA , the Sheffield band . |
| 15 | ‘ We eventually took off at about 0620 hrs. and everything went according to plan . |
| 16 | When the WI was formed in 1937 , Sproatley was a village with about 100 houses and plenty of grass fields and open spaces . |
| 17 | Its molecular weight is about 95000 Daltons and it consists of two subunits : a larger alpha subunit with several membrane spanning domains and a smaller beta subunit . |
| 18 | ‘ I left the treatment on for about 10 minutes but I did n't really have the time to use a plastic cap . |
| 19 | It rocks you backwards and forwards and is supposed to stimulate the endorphins in your brain , helping to boost thinking power It did n't — but then I was only on it for about 10 minutes before I started feeling sick . |
| 20 | To improve the quality and texture of your skin , put a crystal of your choice in to the bathwater about 10 minutes before you get in , then soak in the water for as long as you can . |
| 21 | Carbenoxolone was the market leader for about 10 years but its structural similarities to the steroid hormone aldosterone was probably responsible for side-effects such as weight gain , oedema ( accumulation of fluid in tissues ) , hypokalaemia ( potassium loss ) and hypertension found in some patients . |
| 22 | Mrs Buxton , aged 82 , plans to travel with the containers : ‘ We have been running as a charity for about 10 years and I usually go over with the donations to cities such as Krakow and report back on what is badly needed over there . ’ |
| 23 | It seemed like an age but it was actually only about 10 seconds before I was able to move my arms and legs . |
| 24 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 25 | One rat might be taught to run , and then taught three hours later to stand still ; another rat might be taught to stay still about six hours after it was taught to run . |
| 26 | Certainly when we get settled in after Christmas that should be and I 'll shall say about six rolls but I 'll shall say six rolls and just the every time I get one roll of wallpaper up and you you 'll think oh I 'll do the rest tomorrow just a bit more , then you get one more looks alright there , the other wall and er , I 'm sat , I 've been up all night doing this shall do one more then I 'll go a bed , I get from the wife bloody hell mother what time did you go to bed , about an hour ago , could n't leave it wallpaper . |
| 27 | For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly . |
| 28 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 29 | So I think he was down for about six months before he left . |
| 30 | And so erm we went up , I think it was about six months after it was introduced , and negotiated an increase on the bonus element . |