Example sentences of "[subord] i was about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then , I do n't know how many years we had down the street , but we moved when I was about six years old up the street near the church . |
| 32 | Well when I was about sixteen say . |
| 33 | Myself , when I was about sixteen , yeah . |
| 34 | ‘ I worked for a bit when I was about eighteen . |
| 35 | I got my first borstal when I was about eighteen for assault on another girl . |
| 36 | And er then , of course , when I was about eighteen , er I became what is what be what was called as an improver . |
| 37 | When I was about II , my mother bashfully confided to me that " babies came out of their mummies ' tummies " ! |
| 38 | I had a few problems when I was about thirty and my doctor told me it was just my age and the menopause ! |
| 39 | ‘ When I was about eleven or twelve I was more into drums than anything else , ’ admits Neil , ‘ but was n't particularly good . |
| 40 | When I was about eleven , he must have been about fourteen or fifteen , and he decided to take up the concert flute — so he suggested that instead of us staying on tin whistles , we should all take up different instruments . |
| 41 | Michael : It 's about sportsman and when he was seven he was a good football player and then when I was about ten or eleven I went swimming and then when I was about eleven I dived in without any — urn — with no water in the pool so I got eye-sighted and then , when I was about fourteen it was I played snooker and I had to do the strokes really good because I was eye-sighted . |
| 42 | yeah , I 's about ten like that , when I was about eleven |
| 43 | ‘ I grew up in Australia , and when I was about fourteen I saw a guitar and that was it : I just fell in love , just totally obsessed . |
| 44 | I fell in love with snooker when I was about fourteen , but when I got to about sixteen or seventeen , I started travelling around and playing in junior competitions and realized that I was very good . |
| 45 | Michael : It 's about sportsman and when he was seven he was a good football player and then when I was about ten or eleven I went swimming and then when I was about eleven I dived in without any — urn — with no water in the pool so I got eye-sighted and then , when I was about fourteen it was I played snooker and I had to do the strokes really good because I was eye-sighted . |
| 46 | ‘ I was head over heels in love with our English teacher when I was about fourteen or fifteen . |
| 47 | MUM found out she had cancer when I was about two years old . |
| 48 | ‘ Well , when I was about two miles from Penzance the engine stopped and would n't start again . |
| 49 | My dad took me to watch Newcastle when I was about 10 but I could n't see because of all the people standing in front of me . |
| 50 | ‘ My dad started me when I was about 5 years old . |
| 51 | While on the subject : I started supporting Leeds when I was about 5 . |
| 52 | Yer know , Doll , when I was about fifty , and goin' through you know what , well this Sunday I was feelin' there was n't much left to go on livin' for . |
| 53 | I used to be flattered when I was about thirteen . |
| 54 | It was about two years ago when I was about thirteen and |
| 55 | This is what I was supposedly doing in my earliest remembered erotic dream , when I was about five . |
| 56 | We did n't have a record player , but when I was about five , my sister , who 's seven years older than me , was a great Paul Anka fan — he was the great love of her life . |
| 57 | ‘ When I was about five , I think . ’ |
| 58 | Well when I was about five , one morning , my father fixed a cushion over the back bone of the bike . |
| 59 | I was , I did wan na do that when I was about five . |
| 60 | ‘ It 's something I learned when I was about four , ’ she tells us . |