Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] for about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold them there for about half a minute ; then move to the feet . |
| 2 | I stood looking him over for about a minute and then went round the room . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He 'd have to pull it very tight and hold it there for about three minutes to make sure . |
| 5 | and then tie it up for about three weeks . |
| 6 | I stuck it out for about an hour , and then could not stand another minute . |
| 7 | With a colossal effort , she managed to hold it there for about ten seconds . |
| 8 | And it fucked it up for about a second or three seconds afterwards . |
| 9 | Add sufficient extra flour to make the dough manageable , then knead it thoroughly for about 10min , until smooth and shiny . |
| 10 | When the grubs hatch , they tunnel into the wood and carry on gnawing it away for about three years , before turning into pupae just below the surface and so restarting the cycle . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And , like , we left him there for about five minutes and we just did n't hear a thing |