Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] for about " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Singapore on the way back , did n't get off the plane though , I mean they only re-fuel , your only allowed off for about half an hour . |
| 2 | But we usually go out for about three weeks at a time then have a break of about one week to allow everybody to go home to their families , because we think that is absolutely vital ! ’ |
| 3 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 4 | The needles are usually left in for about 15 minutes and are vibrated at intervals to achieve the required effect . |
| 5 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 6 | We started dating and eventually went out for about three years . |
| 7 | You have n't stayed in for about two months ’ , which is true really . |
| 8 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 9 | Well I do n't go in for about half an hour . |
| 10 | ‘ She does n't come on for about ten minutes . ’ |
| 11 | I went straight over and I did n't get up for about ten minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |