Example sentences of "[verb] it was about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm as I say it was about ten to five to eleven and Bob said what are you you know what 's Ron doing ? |
| 2 | I say it was say it was about three , four years since I 've been in there so |
| 3 | The house was old ; her father had said it was about time it was pulled down . |
| 4 | I think of the vast amount of work I 've got planned for six weeks , makes me wish it was about ten . |
| 5 | And as I understand it they came down from somewhere er near they obviously were involved in the slate business and then they or organized their own firm Brothers and I believe it was about seventeen er eighty nine , maybe earlier . |
| 6 | But , they reckon it was about a hundred and ninety in . |
| 7 | When I started it was about two hundred people per ton and now we produce five tons an hour with three people . |
| 8 | Last time I saw it was about 1976 . |
| 9 | It had been in his possession for quite a while and Broomhead felt it was about time he sold the thing . |
| 10 | She felt it was about time too , but Patrick Kelly was dangerous for her . |
| 11 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 12 | We thought it was about time Shevardnadze was given a platform . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it was about time I made another . ’ |
| 14 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |
| 15 | I say I thought it was about nine pound odd . |
| 16 | It did funny things to her insides — she thought it was about time to study the menu . |
| 17 | ‘ We thought it was about time it came again . ’ |
| 18 | I thought it was about fifty thousand . |
| 19 | I thought it was about ten years . |
| 20 | I thought it was about half three or something . |
| 21 | I du n no I thought it was about Half seven ? |
| 22 | I thought it was about ten years |
| 23 | I should think it was about ten , fifteen years later , and it was so easy to get into the country . |
| 24 | But I mean it was about twenty to thirty guys as I said . |
| 25 | I think it was about 4.30 . |
| 26 | I think it was about halfway round the third lap that John Walker made his mark on me . |
| 27 | And he 'd been on our committee for I think it was about about three years was that right ? |
| 28 | And of course , when I was eighteen , I think it was about er seven and six a week . |
| 29 | And so erm we went up , I think it was about six months after it was introduced , and negotiated an increase on the bonus element . |
| 30 | Er and I think it was about nineteen sixty two or thereabouts . |