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Example sentences for "about four"

  • About four o'clock passed the village of Boontoonkooran, delightfully situated at the bottom of a steep and rocky hill.

  • We travelled about half a mile west of the town, when we came to a small meadow spot of about four or five acres extent, in which were several holes dug resembling wells.

  • About four miles to the east passed the ruins of Koba, where I formerly slept.

  • Reached the mines after a march of about four hours; our course was winding, continuing through jungle and small patches of plain, until we reached the base of that part of the Kuwa Boom which we were to cross, and which bore N.

  • On the 23rd I went to Mamloo, which is about four miles to the west of Churra.

  • The Moolla tells me, that snow is of rare occurrence at Candahar; he mentions one fall in about four or five years.

  • The plough is used, and penetrates to about four inches.

  • We avoided the field of basalt by moving up the creek we last crossed, about four miles, and by crossing over to the flats of the river where the basalt terminated.

  • At last, after a ride of about four miles, Brown recognized the place where we had breakfasted on the 19th, when all his gloom and anxiety disappeared at once.

  • I found a shrubby prickly Goodenia, about four or five feet high, growing on the borders of the scrub.

  • About four in the afternoon Cornwallis formed the line of battle and began the attack: for some time the Americans sustained it with intrepidity, but at length gave way.

  • Of the exports, nearly one-half was carried to the kingdom of Great Britain and its dominions; of the imports, about four-fifths were brought from the same countries.

  • On we went, past estaminets, shrines and occasional windmills, down the long winding road for about four miles, until at last we reached our billets, where the battalion willingly halted and dispersed to its various quarters.

  • I pulled up all the tiles along one wall about eight feet long and out into the room a distance of about four feet.

  • About four o'clock we calmed down a bit, and went to the same restaurant where we had lunched.

  • About four miles to go, but I lost no time about it.

  • We had made all preparations to stay in the huts at that place for the night, when, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, another message arrived and was handed to the C.

  • About four o'clock the chief of this party hailed us from shore, having headed us by taking a short land route from the Lake of the Cross.

  • Its depth is about four feet, and velocity perfectly furious.

  • After a voyage of about four or five hours, we landed at St. Mary's at ten o'clock in the morning.

  • They commenced their journey from Tudenny about four o'clock in the morning, and having travelled the first day about twenty miles, they unloaded the camels, and laid down by the side of them to sleep.

  • The lower walls are fifty or sixty feet in thickness, the upper taper off to about four or five feet.

  • About four o'clock, they arrived at Moorzan, where Mr. Park was conveyed across the river to Silla, a large town.

  • The population was estimated at about four hundred, of whom Kanakas (natives of the Sandwich Islands) formed the bulk.

  • He rapidly grew worse, and died in about four days.

  • About four in the afternoon I sent for the corps commanders and directed the dispositions to be made of their troops.

  • When at about four he crept into the cow-stable from the back, the lantern was still burning in the herdsman's room.

  • About four o'clock they came to the Schleswig Stone, where the Social- Democrats were holding a meeting.

  • He stationed himself there every morning at about four, and waited for the bailiff to come down.

  • I understand him to mean that it is one hour, or about four miles.

  • On almost any afternoon, about four o'clock, he may be met with riding a fine, large chestnut stallion, accompanied by another Afghan on an iron gray.

  • At about four in the afternoon, however, a force was sent across in barges, and by nightfall the city was evacuated by Lee, and General Burnside proceeded rapidly to lay his pontoon bridge, upon which his army then began to pass over.

  • When the tobacco is about four or five inches high, they weed it, and clean the ground all about it, and hill up every plant.

  • The river Missouri comes from a source about eight hundred leagues distant; and running from north-west to south-east, discharges itself into the Missisippi, about four or five leagues below the river of the Illinois.

  • After a silence of about four months, we again heard Adelie Land on February 3, but the same old trouble existed, that is, they could not hear us.

  • I was ahead and went through eight times in about four miles.

  • About four stitches at a time were as much as one man could manage, and then the other two took their turns.

  • About four o'clock in the morning the Duc du Maine, as colonel- general of the Swiss guards, was aroused.

  • Duc d'Orleans sent for me to come and see him at the Palais Royal, about four o'clock in the afternoon.

  • Red heat appears at the depth of about four fathoms.

  • The weather was excessively hot, yet the men worked hard at the saw-pit notwithstanding; but all our activity was in danger of being fruitless, for the river each day fell about four inches!

  • It grew to the height of about four or five feet, and we found the fruit and flower on the same twig.

  • Having marked out the best passage I could find to this point for the bullock teams I descended to the valley before me and, after following it about four miles, the hollows in the dry bed of the rivulet appeared moist.

  • The old man wore a band consisting of cord of about four-tenths of an inch in diameter, wound four or five times round his head.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "about four" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about business; about eighteen; about eleven; about equal; about forty; about four; about half; about half the length; about her; about his; about nine; about noon; about one; about six; about the; about the same date; about then; about three; about time; about twelve; about twice; continue their; faint flush; gaseous state; hard cash; royal father