Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's been on for about the past month |
| 2 | Mm and old Bob down the road , Bob , he has n't been in for about the same sort of time this 'll be his fourth week wo n't it ? |
| 3 | The Jovian atmosphere has been observed down to about the 1 bar altitude , and throughout this region the predominant motion is east-west . |
| 4 | I can get back up to about a thirty eight now . |
| 5 | Not the erm complication of of vehicles to the extent we saw with the motorcycle film just now , but this is erm again The the police car is staying well back cos he 's following this vehicle you can see a hundred and thirteen , well the speed 's gets up to about a hundred and forty in a moment as you 'll see . |
| 6 | Ninety to a hundred decibels gets pretty uncomfortable , and a noisy factory can go up to about a hundred and twenty decibels and Environmental Health Officers for example are very concerned about this because it causes long-term problems in people 's ears . |
| 7 | Oh yes , there were Well , all the erm boys from up to about the fifth form , in the old pupil-teachers training centre went , er was formed by joining that and school , they took boys from there . |
| 8 | The electronics division of EMI was expected to continue to generate cash , initially at a higher level than the scanner operation and ending up at about the same amount . |
| 9 | And this little weird group existed in the seventeenth century , never numbered more than about two hundred , and dwindled in number , and was supposed to have died out in about the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Three living dolphin groups have a record that extends back to about the late Miocene period some 11 million years ago . |
| 11 | The boy goes by at about the same time each day , and he is always carrying a bag . |
| 12 | Dr Barnardo 's was another charity she took on at about the same time ; this charity has left its old orphanage image behind , and the Princess feels her connections with it have been fruitful . |
| 13 | okay , round the base of your thumb , basically what we want to do is we want to clamp these fingers in so they ca n't come un unstuck , we want to push them together because she ca n't keep them shut like that , but the next thing is that you come round to the back where the little finger is , the next time you come round here , you 're gon na come round to about the first thumb joint okay and then you 're gon na go over the top okay and if you come round again the little thumb , by , by the little finger , you come round again to the thumb joint okay , come over the top again , round , we 're just making really like the figure of eight , but all the time we 're keeping off of this wrist here and I 'm keeping her fingers in , are you alright still ? |