Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] about [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I 'm usually in for about quarter to eight , half seven , quarter to eight |
| 2 | but Reggie , Reggie will come in and go straight to bed , he 's been up since about quarter to four |
| 3 | Having fallen back from about 360p to 320p over the last few days , Fisons ' top management was busy round at Hoare Govett yesterday , trying to reassure nervous institutions investors . |
| 4 | Cray Research Inc says it could sell 30 to 40 massively parallel systems in 1994 ‘ if we do things correctly ’ : Derek Robb , director of sales , told Reuter that Cray 's massively parallel systems cost several million dollars at the low end , and run up to the multi-millions ; they link together hundreds or thousands of Alpha RISC processors and in 1994 , Robb said , he ‘ could see ’ its parallel revenues reaching 25% of the Cray total ; at the very top end , customers ' budgets are now topping out at about $50m to $60m , he said , meaning the most processors it would likely offer on its T3D system is 2,048 . |
| 5 | Some firms charge by the hour , roughly between £6.50 and £10 ; others by the job , which can work out at about £80 to £120-plus for a four-hour clean |
| 6 | On sentry duty one night , in the magazine of all places , I propped myself with my rifle on guard in a corner and somehow or other managed to let my feet out at about 30° to 35° to the vertical , and I fell asleep . |