Example sentences of "[pron] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secretary Bill Jones said : ‘ We are after someone about 6ft tall who is good looking and very well spoken . |
| 2 | Its about time you put the clock back , so to speak , and started to enjoy life again without feeling any guilt . ’ |
| 3 | We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four . |
| 4 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |
| 5 | Two pages later the Report proceeded to do exactly what it said it would not do : it coupled levels of attainment to ages , by defining the expected range of levels at which pupils aged 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 would perform.4 This represented ‘ a rough speculation about the limits within which about 80% of pupils may be found to lie ’ ( DES 1988a : para.104 ) . |
| 6 | The above differences add up to around £20–£22 per hour , of which about £10 arises from the higher financing costs resulting from the lower utilisation and higher price of aircraft in the UK . |
| 7 | Over four years , $600,000 has gone into the ivory unit , of which about $200,000 was from Japanese and Hong Kong ivory trade associations , with the rest coming from governments and conservation groups . |
| 8 | In 1989–90 , central government 's direct expenditure on education amounted to just over 4 billion , of which about 70% was for universities , polytechnics and other colleges of higher education , and 18% for science . |
| 9 | In April 1987 the Channel Ferry Disaster Fund had received some £3.45 million of which about £300,000 had been paid out by Trustees in the form of interim payments . |
| 10 | News from last nights YEP says that leeds will have just over 3,100 tickets of which about 98% will be standing . |
| 11 | At the same time , the MDC was doubled in size by the addition of 800 acres on either side of the River Mersey in which about £90 million will be spent over eight years . |
| 12 | On this basis the colonies spent about £3m. of which about £1.25m. was later refunded . |
| 13 | Though not looking to Christmas to make up lost sales , Amberstone found itself about 15% up , said Sandy Bennet . |
| 14 | You may also have to pay if you 'd locked yourself out and wanted help getting back indoors ( this is in fact the only thing the London fire brigade ever charges for , and it would cost you about £99 ) . |
| 15 | It will cost you about £3000 to reach pilot standard . |
| 16 | At present rates , an average private education will cost you about £50,000 by the end . |
| 17 | A lead will cost you about £5 . |
| 18 | It 's only a ten minute ride from Bodrum by dolmus — which will cost you about 25p . |
| 19 | Both robbers were white and aged about 17 , one about 5ft 9in tall and was wearing a mustard or gold baseball-type jacket , which was either woollen or fleecy , the second wore dark clothing . |
| 20 | Choose one about 600mm ( 2ft ) long with a metal body , and both horizontal and vertical indicators ; then you can use it for getting things plumb too . |
| 21 | Moreover , nothing about time or my distinction would stop that happening . |
| 22 | Over the years I reckon Raleigh Cycles and a highly developed sense of drama have cost me about £7,000 in porcelain and untold damages in gum-erosion . |
| 23 | It took me about quarter of an hour to sort it all out , and then she asked what train and said she 'd get her mum to agree to ‘ take in this ‘ Vern ’ or whatever his name is ’ and meet us at the station . |
| 24 | While shooting in the beautiful Maldives last year , it cost me about £200 for a model , plus the various costs of transport and hotel . |
| 25 | Now can you tell me about time signatures ? |
| 26 | I reckon she 's going to cost me about £800 in tax by the time we return to the US in 1995 . ’ |
| 27 | Colleges reckon their spell in Division II has cost them about £25,000 in lost sponsorship , bar takings , gate receipts etc — Saturday 's crowd of over 2,500 brought in more than the combined total of the previous home league matches — and there 's little doubt that defeat against Musselburgh would have had a catastrophic impact on the club . |
| 28 | For a good display , plant them about 100mm ( 4in ) deep , and no more than about 300mm ( 12in ) apart ; and for a more intense show , no more than 150mm ( 6in ) apart — the closer the better , but not touching . |
| 29 | Make rows 23cm/9in apart with a stick or hoe and plant them about 10cm/4in apart with the tips just out of the soil . |
| 30 | You could at least give them about £100 to pay for their expense . |