Example sentences of "lasted about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agree , however , on four points : the pleasantries lasted about thirty seconds ; there was a terrible row ; one of them stormed out ; and the word ‘ cock ’ was used . |
| 2 | This was the first phase of the eruption ; it lasted about two weeks . |
| 3 | Although the meeting lasted about two hours , we were offered no refreshment , and we are wondering whether there are any statutory regulations in this connection . |
| 4 | This little ritual lasted about two minutes after which she raised her eyes and calmly told me that my money signified ‘ death ’ . |
| 5 | Lasted yeah lasted about two seconds and it was twice and basically |
| 6 | One survivor told me that her apprenticeship lasted about four years and that that was normal at the time ( she started work in 1909 at 15 after an unsuccessful start in dressmaking ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The audience lasted about 20 minutes and the meeting took place in his study in the Vatican . |
| 8 | That lasted about 15 minutes and the pain had gone by the time I had got to hospital , ’ he said . |
| 9 | They were easy interviews and lasted about ten minutes . |
| 10 | And er Hannah 's going we started off the conversation where was the perviest you 've ever had one I mean , knowing that I did n't have one , ever had one before and that was Mark , feeble attempt that lasted about ten minutes |
| 11 | My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style . |
| 12 | The German shelling lasted about twenty minutes , one gun continued to fire , starting with a clear crack , then the sound of the shell passing over , followed by the explosion as it hit the ground . |
| 13 | The mortaring lasted about twenty minutes . |
| 14 | The affair lasted about three weeks then he broke it off and confessed to Sarah that he had been seeing someone else . |
| 15 | He got a job in insurance and the marriage lasted about three years and three months , then Bunny found out that his quiet , dutiful wife had been having an affair with her boss at the food research place where she worked for roughly three years and two months . |
| 16 | Over Cook 's side , he only lasted about three more weeks , I mean |