Example sentences of "[pron] there [prep] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er , this is what I , this is what I wanted , to tie to the flagpole and left him there for about an hour he had his pasting as well . |
| 2 | And , like , we left him there for about five minutes and we just did n't hear a thing |
| 3 | Hold them there for about half a minute ; then move to the feet . |
| 4 | With a colossal effort , she managed to hold it there for about ten seconds . |
| 5 | For the next hour , Matilda kept practising , and in the end she had managed , by the sheer power of her eyes , to lift the whole cigar clear off the table about six inches into the air and hold it there for about a minute . |
| 6 | He 'd have to pull it very tight and hold it there for about three minutes to make sure . |
| 7 | Er so there will be er a loss to us there of about three hundred pounds because erm we were asking for something to be made and therefore I think I would say quite rightly but in view of this experience perhaps never again , er made some advance contribution , you know to the cost or made some , gave some money in advance blah blah blah . |
| 8 | Keith stayed with us there for about three weeks . |