Example sentences of "about twenty [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About twenty Marines accompanied Ace and Benny out through the tunnels . |
| 2 | and he said only cost about twenty cost about twenty five quid to get |
| 3 | At the end of the record , when the stylus is approaching the label , the groove is travelling at about twenty inches per second , yet the sound quality is very similar . |
| 4 | Ha , about twenty inches we need , is it two months ? |
| 5 | After about twenty stamps , he gives a big sigh , pours out a glass of wine , downs it in one , swings his great leg out of the window and off he goes . ’ |
| 6 | Blew about twenty families to bits and sent a shocking number of people scurrying away without their parents or their children . |
| 7 | In the early eighteenth century about twenty families lived there , and according to the census of 1801 it had a population of 137 [ Baker , 2 , 720 ] . |
| 8 | After killing a number of traders and native policemen , and an elder who had counselled prudence , they took to the hills , where a detachment of the King 's African Rifles surprised them and drove them out , with about twenty casualties . |
| 9 | Ooh no about twenty about twenty others . |
| 10 | Pulling down Anthony 's pants , Jerry Lewis whipped the boy about twenty times . |
| 11 | Go through each of the stages about twenty times before moving on to the next stage . |
| 12 | About twenty times a day . |
| 13 | the Wailers are so out of time , they 're all just like is just so slow it 's just like exactly the same but like about twenty times slower . |
| 14 | , John ( fl. 1415–1450 ) , composer , has left us about twenty compositions whose style proclaims him to have been a slightly younger contemporary of John Dunstable [ q.v. ] , perhaps a close disciple . |
| 15 | The project involves the coordination of research terms in about twenty countries , most of them where English is the first language of the majority of the population or an official second language . |
| 16 | About twenty holes . |
| 17 | I continued knitting until I had about twenty centimetres , eight inches , and removed the stitches from the machine . |
| 18 | They were just like the creature outside , but only about twenty centimetres long . |
| 19 | On the next shelf were twelve pieces of matching sculpture , each about twenty centimetres high . |
| 20 | During the summer term the man had consumed about twenty pints of Young 's Special a week . |
| 21 | Sergeant Martin Cooper believes about twenty youngsters are involved . |
| 22 | In this room , below the gallery , stood the dining table with about twenty chairs and a large decorative closed stove on one side , all of which increased the impression of a castle with a baronial hall . |
| 23 | Yes , we 've got about twenty drawings . |
| 24 | The room is surprisingly tiny , about twenty foot by ten , and it is a wonderfully confusing muddle of busy people , lengths of floating tulle , camellias , row upon row of shoes , myriad hats , plastic bags containing finished ensembles , racks of Chanel jackets , drifts of white georgette and bottles of Evian water and champagne . |
| 25 | The excavation was over a mile round and about twenty foot under the surrounding land level . |
| 26 | He was thinking about twenty hours a day locked up with him . |
| 27 | She could make a move in about twenty minutes . |
| 28 | The German shelling lasted about twenty minutes , one gun continued to fire , starting with a clear crack , then the sound of the shell passing over , followed by the explosion as it hit the ground . |
| 29 | After about twenty minutes I got up and prepared to leave , thanking both of them for their hospitality . |
| 30 | The mortaring lasted about twenty minutes . |