Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i was about [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not big on soaps , though I was in The Newcomers for five weeks when I was about 14 or 15 . |
| 2 | ‘ I first started writing songs when I was about 14 , because I knew that the first song I 'd put down would be so crap I thought I 'd get all my ideas out of the way first , and then I 'd start getting all artistic , ’ explains Tony . |
| 3 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 4 | Well you know the first time I went was oh I du n no , before the war you know when I was about four or five and I went to get one out I mean my parents |
| 5 | I remember when I was about thirteen and listened to that song |
| 6 | That was when I was about fourteen and then I went through a stage of listening to Al Di Meola , people like that , just trying to be a better guitarist . |
| 7 | That was when I was about fourteen and a half . |
| 8 | I started working as a caddie in 1944 when I was about eight , and I earned a penny for every year . |
| 9 | I have very clear memories of when I was about eight going to sleep every night to the pipe band practising . ’ |
| 10 | I bought some wiring and bulb fittings when I was about 11 years old — I fitted the electrics as home-made lighting — then gave my father a shock when he touched the aquarium , fused the lights , and set fire to my bedroom . |
| 11 | One early significant occasion for me was actually meeting someone in a bookshop in the Finchley Road when I was about sixteen . |
| 12 | I do n't know when it started , but my first memory of it was when I was about sixteen . |
| 13 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 14 | I remember when I was about two-and-a-half or three , they used to come in and say to her , ‘ Mrs McGuigan , we do n't want to alarm you but your son is on top of that thirty-foot pole out there , ’ and my mother would say , ‘ Oh , that 's old hat , let's hear something new . ’ |