Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the first ischaemic episode primarily translocates PKC into the membranes , where it will stay for about an hour . |
| 2 | According to Fidelity — one of the few companies which is to date offering these funds — the yield on its Tax Free Income Plan ( a unit trust comprising 51 per cent equities and 49 per cent bonds ) will fall from about 6 per cent now to 5.75 per cent after 5 April . |
| 3 | Maturity comes late and the cows are often as much as four years old before they conceive , while the bulls can be sexually mature at 18–20 months old but do not usually mate until about four years old . |
| 4 | The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years . |
| 5 | In the early 1960s county planners were estimating that mining employment in the Cramlington area would fall to about 2500 jobs by 1971 compared with the 6000 jobs which had existed in 1955 . |
| 6 | For example , if the bid-price were £95 for a Bill with a face value of £100 , the government would be paying a 3-monthly interest rate of about 5 per cent ; if the bid-price rose to £98 , the 3-monthly interest rate would fall to about 2 per cent . |
| 7 | " Oh , I think I can count on about a hundred , " said the bear . |
| 8 | A combination of I would think of about twelve passes but tha they switched the play from side to side |
| 9 | ‘ I think the stone will appear after about twenty-four hours , señora . |
| 10 | A test would consist of about 20 ‘ lines ’ , each of about 20 linked circles . |
| 11 | Montenegro had to make do with about three-fifths of her earlier gains but Bulgaria with less still . |
| 12 | The signed Hawkins monument in Boughton-under-Blean , Kent , must date from about 1618 : it shows Evesham 's skill in the expressive relief carving which is rare in early seventeenth-century English sculpture . |
| 13 | It is a majestic fish which will grow to about 450mm , and adults can be territorial . |
| 14 | She let it grow to about half , then left it and took his testicles in her cupped hand . |
| 15 | ‘ We currently have a 150 strong database of local suppliers but hopefully this will grow to about 500 by the end of the year . ’ |
| 16 | The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) had estimated in 1986 that the 6,034 landfills then open would decline to about 2,000 by 1992 . |
| 17 | In fact the atoms in diamond can vibrate at about 40 x 10 Hz . |
| 18 | As a result , Forrest says the Scottish software community is seeing revenues grow at about 16% per annum , in contrast to the European average of about 7% . |
| 19 | German engineering output could grow at about 5% . |
| 20 | I do n't mind for about two three days |
| 21 | A year ago I experienced a sensation of flashing lights and could n't see for about 20 minutes . |
| 22 | No we actually did n't work for about six years until this year we did a concert tour of Ireland just before we came over here . |
| 23 | I LET the 'phone ring for about ten minutes before doing anything about it . |
| 24 | put it in a saucepan with some Fairy Liquid and bring it to the boil and let it boil for about six minutes |
| 25 | If unopened , perfume will keep for about a year . |
| 26 | This bottled preserve should keep for about six months . |
| 27 | ‘ One house-keeper can look after about ten old people , as long as they do n't get really ill . |
| 28 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 29 | All I do I got out sort of the sort of about eight thirty and then I , I 'd work to about half three and all I 'd wan na do is , we , we 'd fucking , we 'd set up the cable then we 'd all sit down and do nothing while the old erm , the M O D people had obviously it , and then they tell us to take it down and move it and we move it and set it up again , its like out of a , out of a seven hour day , we 'd only work about three or four , like here . |
| 30 | These may be minimised by prophylactic penicillin V therapy , which should begin at about six months of age . |