Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] for about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get up for about half four and |
| 2 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 3 | He waited for me every year — we came back for about six years , until I was ready to be sent to finishing school . |
| 4 | We went out for about two years . |
| 5 | Nick and Carrie were used to timing them now , fairly accurately : they went out for about half an hour and when they came back be was sitting quiet in the kitchen , reading the paper . |
| 6 | He goes out for about an hour on a Saturday if I , if he 's forced out I said , out oh get out please yeah they 're not the ideal things that they should be wearing , but , like because the |
| 7 | No , he came out for about ten minutes then he said I 'm going back in the house mummy , just then flopped on the chair |
| 8 | ‘ It went on for about an hour , and although we could n't see anything we could feel what was happening to them . |
| 9 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |