Example sentences of "about [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen : Oh , do n't worry about little old me — I 'll be all right . |
| 2 | Believe me this law seems to come into operation unfailingly at about 3.20pm every day ! |
| 3 | I 'd say Korg have got the A4 just about right , and if not all the sounds are to my liking , then that 's really my bad luck . |
| 4 | There can be no disagreement about the fact that inequalities in all four areas are still substantial today , though there can be differences of opinion as to whether these are excessive , just about right , or even too small . |
| 5 | Possible actions are to ignore it ( if previous runs suggest that that light level is about right ) , or to abort the run and recommence from Option 1 . |
| 6 | The food and drinks offered by the hosts were , I thought , just about right , and very reasonable in price , which encouraged us to use this service , despite the service station stops . |
| 7 | I think it 's about right now . |
| 8 | Italy 's Walter Cavalieri made it a close 116-114 and Germany 's Arthur Ellensohn carded a ‘ shut-out ’ 120-109 , while Puerto Rico 's Cesar Ramos had the fight just about right at 117-112 . |
| 9 | Thus , for example , the overstriking by cities in southern Italy of coins of Corinth has enabled a definite date of about 335BC to be established in the sequence of coinage produced at those south Italian mints . |
| 10 | Two people suffered chest injuries in a two-car smash at the junction of Boroughbridge Road and Carr Lane , York at about 6.35pm yesterday . |
| 11 | I said I 'm gon na have a look at this plane crash he says , you need n't bother yourself he says this is about most there is and he |
| 12 | Neighbours were awakened at about 11.45pm by screams for help . |
| 13 | For various reasons , including the fact that he had recently eaten , it was not thought wise to operate until about 10pm that night . |
| 14 | Public transport is a joke : you ca n't get a train home from Cambridge after about 10pm . |
| 15 | Sunset cruises to Seven Sisters and Beachy Head returning about 10pm . . |
| 16 | Eventually at about 10pm she slurred : ‘ What time did you say we would have dinner ? ’ |
| 17 | I arrived at the theatre at about 6pm and sure enough , at about 7pm , the crusties appeared . |
| 18 | The raiders drove into the mainline station yesterday at about 7pm in a blue van after the train containing mailbags had pulled in . |
| 19 | I arrived at the theatre at about 6pm and sure enough , at about 7pm , the crusties appeared . |
| 20 | A post mortem revealed he had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest and died about 7pm on Friday night . |
| 21 | The woman , wearing a camel coat , was discovered on the A167 at about 7pm on Saturday between the Reg Vardy garage and Croft . |
| 22 | Lee Dowson , 12 , from West Auckland , and Duncan Robertson , 21 , from Catterick Village , were stranded on an island on the River Tees at Dalton at about 7pm . |
| 23 | In July , Ron was leaving the Aigburth Arms , Liverpool , one evening at about 7pm . |
| 24 | It 's not like reading a story , which you have been doing because you 're a child and you read children 's stories in which you have people and things , it 's about entirely abstract ideas and |
| 25 | The north face is in the sun until around 10–11 am ; then go round to the wall overlooking Walker 's Gully until about 1pm . |
| 26 | At about 1pm a single shot was fired from a rifle , hitting the gunman in the upper neck and face . |
| 27 | The area was sprayed with water to ‘ fume down ’ the acid , which spilled at about 9.20am . |
| 28 | Our cycle ride 's just about long enough . |
| 29 | No changes between groups were seen at day 3 , although levels decreased by about sixfold in all groups between days 3 and 7 ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 30 | Tombs found near the pyramids , which were constructed from about 2,550BC , also give the lie to the theory that the men who built them were slaves . |