Example sentences of "[conj] it be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But they said a hundred quid but it was about eighteen ninety was n't it ? |
| 32 | I was too young but it was about five shillings a week |
| 33 | ‘ I do n't think he was in danger of falling any further in but it was about five foot deep . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ I do n't think he was in danger of falling any further in , but it was about five feet deep . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ 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 . |
| 36 | I could n't see too well , but it was about ten or twelve people . |
| 37 | Ca n't remember , cos I do n't think you stayed for coffee and you did n't get home till it was about ten to one was n't it ? |
| 38 | The bike came in very handy then because it 's about nine miles to Cotherstone , where we used to meet . |
| 39 | er it 's something even , even though got , because it 's about half an hour di is , is it , is it half an hour difference between here and London ? |
| 40 | Erm those are the only sort of figures we have and , but nineteen forty nine seemed to be a bad base state because it was about half so that meant that it exaggerate . |
| 41 | When it was about 400 years old , it was sold to a branch of the Wallaces of Craigie Castle . |
| 42 | even though it 's about seventy degrees all time it still felt cold |
| 43 | Um maybe um maybe maybe maybe maybe ah as it 's about ten to I sha n't elaborate on many of those points too much . |
| 44 | I still think we have this problem , not as serious as it was about established rivalries between particular groups of fans . |
| 45 | After listening to an eighteenth-century description of their village and its green , one class made a model of the village green as it was about 1790 . |