Example sentences of "[pers pn] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and that 'll last you about a year . |
| 2 | Walk along the sea front from Langney to Meads ; it will take you about an hour . |
| 3 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 4 | ‘ And thus he continued ’ , writes Baxter , ‘ raging against me about a year , and then died of a fever in horror of conscience . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What happened was Chester Thompson brought them all down , because he had met me about a year prior to that and we just corresponded . |
| 6 | Take it away and bring me about a quarter of it . ’ |
| 7 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 8 | Takes me about an hour to get it out of her . |
| 9 | Like , you know , I saw like , what really , I 'd sat there , I mean like you say , I and I admit that I odds and ends that 'll probably take me about an hour in total |
| 10 | Should eat them about a quarter at a time . |
| 11 | He said he lost them about a week ago and heard today that a set which might have been his had been used by that psychic woman . |
| 12 | They give them about an hour there before the curtain goes up . |
| 13 | He says it took him about a year to recover but now he 's fine here . |
| 14 | She 'd left a message for him about an hour before , within minutes of receiving a call from the foresters ' agents . |
| 15 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 16 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |
| 17 | Bit embarrassing , really , she 's supposed to be on probation but her probation officer sort of lost her about a year ago . ’ |
| 18 | I saw it about a year and a half ago . |
| 19 | Lastly , put some dry leaves and grasses into the box , filling it about a quarter full . |
| 20 | I had borrowed it about a week before . |
| 21 | wants to see us about a quarter past two |
| 22 | It took us about an hour by bus to get into the Central Market but in the last year we were there , the public transport system collapsed and we had to go home in trucks just as if we were cattle . |
| 23 | ‘ It will take us about an hour to get there . |
| 24 | That was the general feeling but he did , he gave us about an hour and a half . |
| 25 | Get some petrol , go home and have a cup of tea , that gives us about an hour |
| 26 | I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home ! |