Example sentences of "[verb] about [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hangs about for a long time , that smell . ’ |
| 2 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 3 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 4 | But there always remains still one point of complaint by some members of the public , that is that the grass that 's cut does tend to blow about , but if the cutting is frequent , there 's less grass t to blow about at a given time . |
| 5 | In a cold fury he stood and sat about for a long time within , twice changing from chair to chair . |