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Example sentences for "till about"

  • Procure a rather old turkey and roast or bake it till about one-third done; put it in a soup-kettle with about a pint of water to a pound of meat, and set it on a rather slow fire.

  • Boil two ounces of rice in water and a little salt, till about three-quarters done; drain and put in the julienne after having added the broth; finish as above.

  • The action of ptyalin, however, continues in the fundus of the stomach until stopped by the acid in the gastric juice.

  • The Mob were very loyal 'till about Midnight, when they grew a little mutinous for more Liquor.

  • These needy Persons do not know what to talk of, till about twelve a Clock in the Morning; for by that Time they are pretty good Judges of the Weather, know which Way the Wind sits, and whether the Dutch Mail be come in.

  • I have lived for some Years last past altogether in London, till about a Month ago an Acquaintance of mine, for whom I have done some small Services in Town, invited me to pass part of the Summer with him at his House in the Country.

  • The exemption of Scotch claret from duty, which continued (I believe) till about 1780, made it till then the ordinary beverage.

  • We had followed our course one whole morning without finding water, till about two o'clock p.

  • The path ran down from the spring, and we followed it for about half an hour, till about nightfall we reached a small leafy coppice, in which we camped.

  • Thus matters had gone on in the household of Mr. Prevost, till about a month before the period at which I have thought best to present to the reader the three Indians seated on the hill.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    barber shop; cent piece; common talk; constructive imagination; continual burnt; east corner; higher criticism; little business; make shift; mind cure; nervous breakdown; proper mode; right half; this letter; till death; till finally; till half; till late; till night; till noon; till now; till past; till quite; till tender; various points; young person