Example sentences of "it for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I offered it for about eight hours a day , but they might send us somebody might . |
| 2 | So I do n't think I 've ever I 've had it for about eight months now and I do n't think I 've yet listened to all five in a row without changing it . |
| 3 | But you liked those erm were they countryman 's or ploughman 's in a packet and you just throw them into the pan and cook it for about fifteen minutes ? |
| 4 | You 've all heard that and I 've heard it for about thirty years now . |
| 5 | But that was only after we had it for about thirty years or , or more . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | so , er we had it for about four years and then Arthur decide to have one of these last year . |
| 8 | The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes . |
| 9 | Er well I come up here about every two to three weeks and then then I leave it for about two months and then er you know do it that way . |
| 10 | I have n't seen it for about two months . |
| 11 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 12 | I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it ! |
| 13 | Which means you 've got to make it for about twelve or fourteen . |
| 14 | When applying a varnish , the brush should be dipped into it for about one-third of the length of the bristles and then , holding the brush in a similar way to a pencil , with the fingers holding the metal ferrule and the handle resting between the thumb and first finger , spread the varnish quickly and evenly over a small area . |
| 15 | People were interested in it for about five minutes . |
| 16 | And he said , he said , he said it 's n he said , he goes to me , he looks at it for about five minutes and goes it 'll do , it 'll do . |
| 17 | I did it for about six months here and there . |
| 18 | And I was chairman of it for about six years or so before the council broke up . |
| 19 | I think I had it for about six or , six or seven weeks , something like that . |
| 20 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've used it for about three years . |
| 22 | I do n't really know , I 've had it for about three week . |
| 23 | you you 've had it for about three or four weeks . |
| 24 | The purchase of a tractor was often part-financed by the forest which made use of it for about half the year . |
| 25 | And this year we 're doing it for about half price or something . |
| 26 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 27 | Watched it for about ten minutes never laughed once ! |
| 28 | He put it on and walked round with it for about ten minutes before we had the nerve to say anything to him . |
| 29 | I found it in a pawn shop and I was n't sure what it was , but I bought it for about 20 dollars . |