Example sentences of "i 'm about [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm about here say , I line that up , I take a bearing on you , that 's forty five degrees . |
2 | and then you got the rest of it , so you 'll always go more than a hundred and eighty , now when you , when you 're pointing you 're facing that way again , turn around that way again , when you 're facing that way , erm especially if I 'm about erm , say especially if I 'm about here . |
3 | He seems to assume I 'm about as liberal-minded as Genghis Khan and the annoying thing is , when he talks to me , I start sounding like the worst sort of reactionary . |
4 | ‘ But you know and I know that deep down I 'm about as alien to your concept of life as a creature from outer space . ’ |
5 | I work with her , and I 'm about as close to her as anyone around here . ’ |
6 | ‘ Let's just say I 'm about as helpful as you are practical — it would n't surprise me if you had n't just run out of petrol . ’ |
7 | I 'm about as hard as a tub of lard , tho some people are fooled by my fascist green bomber jacket … |