Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] about [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | German radar at St Marc or lookouts at about this time reported 17 ships , so the coastal batteries were closed up for action against ships . |
| 2 | Another undated scrap about Ivy must date from about this time , when she still invited people to luncheon : |
| 3 | The latter , in addition to recording the histories of Anglo-Saxon kings and churchmen , chronicled that of Glastonbury Abbey at the request of its monks , and several other monasteries , including Abingdon , Ely , Evesham , Peterborough and Ramsey , also had histories written at about this time . |
| 4 | The total amount of growth hormone that is secreted per day increases to a maximum at about the time of puberty and is partially responsible for the growth spurt that is seen at about this time . |
| 5 | The interesting question is whether the reform to regulations regarding fee structures in 1982 and , to a lesser extent , the greater freedom architects enjoyed from about this time to practice in a less restrictive manner have influenced the pattern of events . |
| 6 | Somebody had been reading a paper there , which apparently happened quite often , Penelope learned , and they usually finished at about this time . |
| 7 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |
| 8 | The maid of all work also died at about this time and was not replaced . |
| 9 | Such secondary pulses have been observed at about this time of year after very strong El Ninos in 1957 , 1956 and 1972 — but this 1982 ‘ secondary ’ would have been stronger than the ‘ primary ’ it belongs to , again raising the question ‘ why ? ’ |
| 10 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
| 11 | When his father died in April 1617 he was living in Braintree , Essex , probably working in the shop of John Lawrence , grocer and apothecary , and one of the leading townsmen , whose daughter Mary he married at about this time . |
| 12 | It may be significant that Clovis was murdered at about this time , apparently at Fredegund 's instigation . |