Example sentences of "till [pron] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't mind whether I 'm English or Irish , but the thing about this is that as I was there till I was about fifteen or sixteen , it rubbed off on me a lot the whole atmosphere of Ireland . |
2 | Aye till I were till I was about fifteen and we we went to live at . |
3 | Lived there till I was about fourteen . |
4 | But er , it lasted , I was forty seven and it did n't finish till I was about sixty ! |
5 | London , east London , East Ham actually I was brought up till I was about seven er in the same area , but erm in a place called Beckton |
6 | So I had to work with him till I was about twenty or twenty-one or something like that , you know . |
7 | I went to school at ordinary time from as a kid and then up to till you 're about eight years old , then from eight years eight , nine , then you , I went to for about last four years . |
8 | Well you could n't go nursing till you were about eighteen or nineteen or something , if not more . |
9 | Without it doctors said she 'd only live till she was about eleven or twelve . |
10 | till she was about twelve she was quite . |
11 | 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 ? |
12 | No not really , no I , I 'm hale and hearty erm there is no history of illness in my family , my father , my grandfather lived till he was about eighty four I 've never really given it much thought . |