Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it takes about three weeks for a cure to work , and most Baden packages are based on this , although some are streamlined to 14 days . |
| 2 | The Halifax says it has about 505,000 Tessa account holders , with an average first-year balance of £2,700 , giving a total of around £1.4bn . |
| 3 | I should think it measured about two yards . |
| 4 | I mean it took about ten minutes , quarter of an hour altogether . |
| 5 | And make it last about six months . |
| 6 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 7 | I think it took about three years to get to a normal level . |
| 8 | If you were to pick up and weigh that apple you are about to eat , you would find it weighed about five ounces . |