Example sentences of "but it was about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've spent all my life in general PR , but it was about eight years ago I decided that there was room for a specialist agency , not really a PR firm , which was concerned entirely with government relations . |
| 2 | I could n't see too well , but it was about ten or twelve people . |
| 3 | I was too young but it was about five shillings a week |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think he was in danger of falling any further in but it was about five foot deep . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think he was in danger of falling any further in , but it was about five feet deep . ’ |
| 6 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 7 | But they said a hundred quid but it was about eighteen ninety was n't it ? |