Example sentences of "in about two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In about two minutes he had established precisely which members of C1 he was dealing with and why . |
| 2 | I once saw a science fiction movie about time-travellers in the future ; towards the end of the film the whole story is speeded up and re-run in about two minutes . |
| 3 | He 'll never be among the winners ( top runners finish in about two hours 10 minutes ) , but he likes to complete a marathon in under four hours 25 minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ I still had to get to New York where my plane was due to leave in about two hours . ’ |
| 5 | Two and one half inches of rain had fallen in about two hours , the sky clearing just before sundown . |
| 6 | If you 're quick , you can grind all the maize in about two hours . |
| 7 | Or in about two hours time . |
| 8 | I had put in about two hours detecting time by now and these were the only two non-ferrous items I had found apart from some scrap lead . |
| 9 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 10 | On clear days it was like flying over an Atlas map of the British Isles and I picked out all the familiar landmarks in about two hours , which had probably taken me days to cover by sea . |
| 11 | Visit poor Southgate , flirt with young Mathilda , but come back here , ’ Benjamin peered out of the window , ‘ in about two hours . ’ |
| 12 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 13 | do n't start me on that , I 'll be doing it in about two hours ' time . |
| 14 | It was fun living in a flat because once you were inside there were no stairs and everything was in about two feet 's distance . |
| 15 | When [ in 1990 ] the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and its director were indicted in the Mapplethorpe case and needed money for their defence , we raised about $50,000 for them in about two days . |
| 16 | Cellulose is not proof against attack and it was reckoned that a new car 's shine would be ruined in about two years . |
| 17 | Push into the ground until it 's stable , plant your climbers , and in about two years time , you 'll have a perfect cottage garden arch , needing no maintenance . . |
| 18 | It hopes to get drives using the new technology onto the market in about two years . |
| 19 | The second volume , containing a detailed textual commentary , will appear in about two years time . |
| 20 | I have to decide whether to put in my poems and short stories and a series of LETTERS , originally called LETTERS TO x ( some 180 very short letters written in three days in about two years ago ) rather in the writing style of the legendary DEAR ABBIE written in the 1920s ( or 30s ? you are bound to know ! ) by Dane Chandos . |
| 21 | Mr Guthrie reckons that he and his former Mecca team will be able to bring the new company to the stock market in about two years . |
| 22 | ‘ In about two seconds , ’ said Gurder . |
| 23 | You can complete the in about two weeks and sessions last about an hour . |
| 24 | The result of this inquiry should be known in about two weeks . |
| 25 | The egg is infective on the ground in about two weeks at optimal temperatures . |
| 26 | Emma was the happiest I 've seen her in about two weeks ! |
| 27 | In about two weeks ' time not even that much , yeah about two weeks I suppose on May the ninth it 's my twentieth birthday . |
| 28 | Staff from The Conservation Practice will visit Egypt for a preliminary ten-day survey and will produce the follow-up report in about two months . |
| 29 | You should know in about two months whether your application has been successful . |
| 30 | No it 's just tha he wo n't be but he might be doing light jobs like say putting , putting up pictures in about two months er er |