Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debbie sports a Medicine shirt , to remind us that the difficult West Coast noiseniks were once to play Rollercoaster , but would 've had to go on at about three in the afternoon to meet some venues ' childish curfews . |
| 2 | In the US , where the government is the only major backer , research has limped along at about half a million dollars a year . |
| 3 | ‘ I am a little surprised , Dr Neil , ’ said McAllister prim again , but managing to sneak another biscuit — she really did feel hungry and breakfast would not be served until Matey came down at about seven-thirty — ‘ that you have seen fit to buy it . ’ |
| 4 | My mum came in at about 07.15 , holding out my black suit and a white shirt that she had just ironed . |
| 5 | I woke up at about nine o'clock this morning . |
| 6 | I came back at about eight this morning in time to get his breakfast and found the dog outside the back door , whining . ’ |
| 7 | However , the Leeds charge came out at about double that figure . |
| 8 | Injury statistics and trends show that after substantial reductions in recent decades , employees fatalities appear to be levelling off at about 1.6 per 100 000 employees and that the reported major injury rate for employees has been stable over the last three years . |
| 9 | Quite suddenly all the guards jumped in , their tommy-guns banging against the sides of the carriage and their leather harness creaking , and the train chugged off at about fifteen miles an hour towards Bromberg . |
| 10 | In 1981 , the corporation argued to a House of Lords Select Committee that the tenure mix within the LDDC would work out at about 50 per cent owner-occupied , 25 per cent shared-equity tenure and 25 per cent housing association . |
| 11 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 12 | He bearded Jean-Paul when his brother finally got up at about eleven in the morning . |
| 13 | it was on a Friday , it was her day off , she got called in at about three o'clock and they told her then , it was two weeks ago now |
| 14 | ‘ My son rushed in at about seven o'clock after seeing ambulances and said that ICI was on fire . ’ |
| 15 | I maintained my height over this , diving the extra off , rounded out and touched down at about 250 metres into the field . |
| 16 | The few ships out in the harbour sent up fireworks and flares , and the low hills around town echoed with the wail of sirens and foghorns — at least until the dark did set in at about three in the morning . |
| 17 | Inflation this year is now expected to be 3.5 per cent , with a similar figure next year , while unemployment is now expected to level off at about 3.1 million this year and next , reflecting the fact that companies have already shed labour faster than in previous cycles . |
| 18 | Well it 's he 's , he gets up at six in the morning and I get up at about five o'clock and I go to bed later than him anyway normally , so it must be |
| 19 | Well if I could choose I would go to bed at about two o'clock in the morning and get up at about ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 20 | Firefighters were called out at about seven thirty this morning . |
| 21 | The rate of pay for a navvy was 6½d per hour , which averaged out at about 28 shillings per week . |
| 22 | This rise is dramatic , as is illustrated in figure 6.6 , which shows a steep rise in this age-group in the first half of the twentieth century and a levelling out at about 15 per cent from the 1980s well into the next century . |
| 23 | When this meeting broke up at about 8.15 I took Mr Murray aside to remind him that he was scheduled to broadcast from our CHAB studio on the top floor in 15 minutes . |
| 24 | The biggest excitement was receiving your birthday rise which , in the end , worked out at about fifty pence . |
| 25 | In finishing I would say that starting to change fluids can be a daunting prospect and I can assure you our firm played about with fluids and got some ropey results , and even thought we had the chemical company taped and could use less fluid , it worked out at about 3 oz per 80 oz with dye added and boy , did we have colour , it was brilliant . |
| 26 | It was time to return home so I jerked the machine into a spiral dive , just in case the remaining CR 42s or the two 109s were still in the vicinity , flattened out at about 800 feet and jinked my way back to Takali . |
| 27 | Erm sell for about eighty seven pound including spacers so I was gon na go in at about eighty three , eighty four but it 's the new pricing company so I 've got to ask your permission have n't I ? |
| 28 | The meltem cut in at about 1100 , immediately after the Blox returned from the shore in the inflatables , bearing the round loaves ordered the previous night in the tiny restaurant among the ruins . |
| 29 | ‘ We eventually took off at about 0620 hrs. and everything went according to plan . |
| 30 | But last year housebuilding bottomed out at about half the level of 1988 and analysts predict a slow upturn in 1992 . |