Example sentences of "used [prep] be about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to be about thirty six did n't it ? |
| 2 | Used to be about four or five you know , aye . |
| 3 | They used , they used to be about ten quid and you , we all thought it was really good value and went to all of them but erm they 've gone up to like eighteen pounds well that was the last one I went to last year so some of them are twenty two and I paid thirty for one of them but that was at the erm Savoy Hotel that little bluebird one , that 's a real debs ' ball . |
| 4 | used to be about few p er shillings more do you see , er a tonne yes . |
| 5 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |