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The phrase "about a box of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the contents, purpose, or context related to a box of items.
Example: "I received a package about a box of books that I ordered last week."
Alternatives: "regarding a box of" or "concerning a box of".
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How about a box of chocolates instead?
"Yes, but why might he have wanted to?" "What about a box of matches?" "I suppose so".
Tom Hanks needs no introduction, yet an aw-shucks approach for him — such as "I once said something about a box of chocolates" — may project as false modesty.
In June 2009, Dell'Aira wrote about a box of propaganda leaflets dropped from a NATO plane that failed to open and landed instead on a sleeping 5-year-old girl, fracturing her pelvis and destroying her rectum, vagina and urethra.
Again, it was in the Guardian a couple of years ago, this a story about a box of negatives from the 1880s which turned up... What was amazing to me was this window onto a completely lost world".
Which is more than can be said about a box of tissues.
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They're for sale at some stores and online for about $6 for a box of six.
"I was buying quesadillas from one of those traveling frozen food companies at about $9 for a box of six.
"I found this letter about a year ago in a box of old tapes.
I had about fifty dollars and a box of Russian novels.
Just this week iTadka informed customers about a fresh stock of all three, with Alphonsos retailing for 9.99 pounds (about $16) for a box of 10 to 12.
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