Example sentences of "about [num] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 1630 he moved to Stourbridge , living at Stourbridge High Street at the ‘ brickhouse ’ , the later Talbot Hotel . |
| 2 | For a brief period after his accession Henry VII allowed the old Exchequer system to revive ; but from about 1493 he reverted to the methods of his immediate predecessors . |
| 3 | His mid teens were spent surfing on a casual basis but when he was about 17 he got into racing surf lifesaving skis and reached 3rd in the UK , a reflection on the poor standard compared with K1 racing rather than an indication of great ability , he believes . |
| 4 | In about 1824 he entered into partnership with three fellow cotton spinners before , in 1828 , joining his brother George in a rented cotton mill in Mossley . |
| 5 | In about 1516 he moved to Cambridge , where Erasmus had recently introduced the study of Greek and had asserted the supremacy of the Scriptures , ridiculing the theories of the schoolmen and their fantastic systems of interpretation . |
| 6 | About 1468 he travelled to England and converted to Christianity . |
| 7 | In about 1817 he suggested to Joshua Field [ q.v. ] |
| 8 | About 1839 he went to Manchester and joined Sharp , Roberts & Co. , who already had a high reputation as builders of locomotives and cotton spinning machinery . |