Example sentences of "[pron] about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the other morning I found myself feeling guilty about something I 'd said to someone about twenty years ago . |
| 2 | Its about 30 miles from Leeds . |
| 3 | no , you need n't , need n't take those you got out last Friday , its the earlier one 's of which will be due next week I 'm sure cos they 've put up the prices now , its about ten P every day you have them out . |
| 4 | It was imposed fourteen months ago , following nationalist protests in which about fifty people died . |
| 5 | Lloyd 's house was a three-bedroom , semi-detached in a street which about sixty years ago would have been classed as a greenfield development . |
| 6 | It has 21 roads , on which about 120 vehicles of an average length of 50ft can be painted at one and the same time . |
| 7 | I own a 1973 Range Rover which about six months ago started playing me up . |
| 8 | Situated in Kirkgate , adjacent to the Parish kirk , with the kirkyard as its only playground , the low cottage appears to have had only one room , or two at most , in which about thirty pupils of varying ages and stages of education were taught by two teachers . |
| 9 | Its coordinating council called a small conference in Moscow on 7 September 1991 in which about 30 people took part . |
| 10 | Britain grinds out almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year , of which about 63,000 tonnes are so difficult to store or treat that they are burnt at high temperatures here in Gwent or at one of three other centres : Ellesmere Port ; Fawley , near Southampton ; and the unfortunately named Killamarsh , near Sheffield . |
| 11 | because she about three pints , the pints a day the third pint cost you thirty five P and right , a four-pinter cost you a pound and two pence a pound and two pence , now work that out . |
| 12 | I reckon just for this it 'll cost you about eighteen quid . |
| 13 | The nine , well you go down into and you get a bus go wherever it dropped you and then half a mile , mind you that 's gon na cost you about fifty P |
| 14 | when I had the time , did them all tension and set , you know , but erm , as you say now , they probably cost you about fifty pound a go every time they go away |
| 15 | This is to tell you that I hope to send you about 10 questionnaires on ELT dictionaries ( intermediate rather than advanced ) this week , for you and whoever else ( teachers or students — mixture if possible ) might be willing to fill them in . |
| 16 | a real hand and I gave you about thirty chances , they all stuck together . |
| 17 | I 'll give you about five minutes on that , starting now . |
| 18 | You claimed , both of you claimed they were straight away gon na chip you back and offer you about sixty pound for them . |
| 19 | And I 'm going to talk to you about three things about the safety of flying , about the cost aspects of flying and the enjoyment that you 're going to get out of it when you take part . |
| 20 | I phoned you about three times |
| 21 | It takes you about three hours ! |
| 22 | As a faithful NME reader I thought you would have had better things to do than badmouth good groups , such as improve on your public relations , meaning , I wrote to you about three months ago regarding Pink Floyd to find out if they would be doing any concerts . |
| 23 | It 's only take you probably take you about twenty minutes , to do , Y equals log X , just use your calculator . |
| 24 | But has that cost you about seven quid this one ? |
| 25 | You can buy new covers for it but it 'll cost you about eighty quid |
| 26 | just gets up to you about ten hours , right , next week in , from the heart . |
| 27 | ‘ The euphoria of completion seems to last you about ten minutes . ’ |
| 28 | Now we start off I 'll ask you I give you about ten minutes that 's all it does n't take long . |
| 29 | Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ? |
| 30 | And a lot of the commercial ones charge you about ten pence a |