Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many thousands have been sold through hairdressers for about seven pounds . |
| 2 | Cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes , then add the garlic , ginger and stock . |
| 3 | Most of the highland-type rocks , even those found on the maria , have ages between about 3800 Ma and 4300 Ma , which suggests that a lunar-wide heating took place a little over 4300 Ma ago resetting the radiometric ‘ clocks ’ . |
| 4 | We do n't cover a great deal of the M one but it 's something like fourteen miles but that was about the time of the miners ' strike as well so I was on traffic when that was on and we had these intercept boys who were working something like thirteen hour shifts for about a year . |
| 5 | So , the first little bit of exercise we 're gon na do is , I 'm gon na ask you to , just work in pairs for about five minutes . |
| 6 | General Noriega went on television to say he had been aware of the rebels ' plans for about three weeks . |
| 7 | I 've , I 've never seen it , well I 've , I 've , I 've only had contact , I 've had these , this last set of contacts for about two years now , that 's why I want to get some new ones and erm |
| 8 | Money raised by runners for Birthright in 1990 will fund one of its research projects for about 12 months . |
| 9 | The note records also that the deceased told Mr. Burgess he had investments worth about £17,000 . |
| 10 | Some 14 miles down this road , a road to the left climbs amidst woods for about two miles , past the village of Tonni , to Borgo Pretale . |
| 11 | Closed windows and doors help to contain smoke and flames for about 20 minutes , and as inhaled smoke can immobilise people who are attempting to escape , these vital minutes may permit a more orderly evacuation from other parts of the building , and simultaneously allow time for professional help to arrive . |
| 12 | We 'd been feeding ‘ our ’ ducks for about three months when one day , much to my disappointment , they mysteriously disappeared . |
| 13 | Well I have n't seen her feeding the ducks for about three or four months . |
| 14 | The couple are suing British Nuclear Fuels for about £150,000 compensation . |
| 15 | Gaze at the black bar between the left-hand pair of slanting gratings for about thirty seconds , then transfer your gaze to the dot between the central pair of gratings ; they will appear to slant in the opposite directions . |
| 16 | The truck raced along bad roads for about five miles , crashing over pot-holes and making heavy weather of the gear change . |
| 17 | Grill the sardines for about 5 minutes on each side , turning carefully once . |
| 18 | Altogether , says Mr De Benedetti , between 1988 and 1991 Olivetti paid just over 10 billion lire to Italy 's political parties in exchange for ministry contracts worth about 500 billion lire . |
| 19 | In dogs and cats , they burrow into the gut and swell into horrible big worms and lodge in the small intestine ; but in humans they just go on spreading these spiral patterns for about 18 months and then die . ’ |
| 20 | Camden and Islington councils , meanwhile , have given the Met a free copy of LAFIS — a computer programme which they developed at a cost of £15 million , and sold to other authorities for about £2 million a throw . |
| 21 | Residential care is provided by local authorities for about 105,000 old people in England and Wales . |
| 22 | United Technologies has sponsored the arts for about twelve years . |
| 23 | Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions . |
| 24 | She has been sculpting flowers , birds and animals for about 12 years . |
| 25 | The ammunition was part of an order for nearly one million shells worth about £50 million . |
| 26 | They remained on the cars for about a year , working regularly on route 16/18 . |
| 27 | Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then . |
| 28 | But Ian Cartwright , Doncaster director and chairman of the ADSS disabilities committee , said : ‘ I do n't see how it could be included in the transfers because most residents will be away from their homes for about two to three weeks . |
| 29 | It points out that in February 1990 European Community " aid " to Poland took the form of pesticides worth about US$60 million , some of which were banned or severely restricted in Western countries . |
| 30 | Because we had finished with the hens then you see , and they used to sell the hens for about two shillings or something like that you know . |