Example sentences of "have [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following my right hon. Friend 's statement about asylum on 2 July , we have received about 100 letters from hon. Members and about 750 from members of the public and interested organisations . |
| 2 | It is exactly because of that level of variance and because we considered er that multiple cautioning on some occasions , I think on the figures I have examined about six percent of occasions , er were unjustifiable that we have reviewed our policy . |
| 3 | After you have mixed about two teaspoonsful of the water into the oil and wax , remove from the heat and continue adding the water a little at a time until you have incorporated it all . |
| 4 | So far you have thought about four diphthongs ( each illustrated by three sentences ) : |
| 5 | ’ I have had about nine abortions ’ |
| 6 | I have had about nine abortions , but that 's exceptionally high . |
| 7 | For many years , secondary schools have had about 40 per cent more teachers ( including heads ) than classes . |
| 8 | Currently priced at £149 , they have sold about 50,000 units in the year since it was first launched . |
| 9 | Is my hon. Friend aware that many authorities in the south-west have not only used housing resources sensibly , but have sold about 25 per cent . |
| 10 | and I told the English language have got about fifty percent of Roman ways |
| 11 | What you , what they do n't realize in this paper is that Spurs have got about three games down on everyone else . |
| 12 | Erm out of the ten , I would say , we have got about seven above target , and three below target . |
| 13 | You have got about ten pencil cases okay . |
| 14 | Several drug rehabilitation centres have helped about 30,000 addicts . |
| 15 | Extensive testing and feedback from the previous version have produced about 1,000 changes . |
| 16 | have to leave about half past six in the morning |
| 17 | Since early in 1947 the French have employed about 115,000 troops in Indo-China , with little result , since the countryside except in Laos and Cambodia remains under the firm control of the Ho Chi Minh government . |
| 18 | Richard Hevron , Microsoft Corp 's operations director for the Commonwealth of Independent States , says that sales of Windows software in the former Soviet Union have reached about 1,000 : the Russian version of Windows 3.1 will be out in November and Excel 4.0 will be available by the end of the year . |
| 19 | When you have spent about ten minutes in quiet revery , describe the beloved room . |
| 20 | We have set about this task by seeking to extend the earlier analysis , and much of the discussion takes the form of modifying the earlier general equilibrium equations . |
| 21 | The link between pleasure and addiction is not always so extreme , but more mundane addictions have brought about millions of less dramatic deaths outside the laboratory , and caused untold misery and pain . |
| 22 | Recent changes affecting the bus industry have brought about far-reaching implications for their organisational arrangements and operating environments . |
| 23 | I would hope for a little bipartisan support for the sort of work done , for example , by our drugs liaison officers abroad , who have brought about such successful seizures of heroin and other drugs in recent months . |
| 24 | Two successive defeats have brought about fresh criticism and Graham adds : ‘ We know what people are saying . |
| 25 | For the moment , it is important to relate these changes to one of the themes of the book and see whether they have brought about less inequality . |
| 26 | One problem is that the pressures for commercialism have brought about two divergent policy responses from governments . |
| 27 | ‘ Attitude surveys have identified certain needs and more information is coming from the introduction of appraisals , which have involved about half of Courtaulds ’ employees so far . |
| 28 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 29 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 30 | I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether . |