Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children.(例如，大約30年前，白人家庭被鼓勵收養黑人兒童。)

They might suck their thumb, seek out a blanket or so on.(他們可能吮吸他們的大拇指，尋找毯子或者其他之類的。)

There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the station.(在車站附近有大約一百家左右的旅館。)

We wandered about the town for an hour or so.(我們在城里到處游逛了一個小時左右。)

He did buy me those daffodils a week or so ago.(他確實在大約一周前給我買了那些水仙花。)

In the last century or so, these changes have accelerated.(在上個世紀左右，這些變化加速了。)

The war had ended only a month or so before.(戰爭大約在一個月前才結束。)

After running seven miles or so, Pinocchio was well-nigh exhausted.(跑了七英里左右，皮諾喬幾乎累壞了。)

It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing.(也就是一個小時左右后，我發現自己的槍不見了。)

By a curious twist of fate we met again only a week or so later.(由于命運巧妙的安排，大約只過了一周我們又相逢了。)