Example sentences of "was [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yeah , it was only about four steps . |
| 32 | I was only about five and a half when she too died after a long illness and one of my earliest recollections is riding in the well , at the foot of her bath-chair when she went out for constitutionals . |
| 33 | She was only about five feet tall , thin and blonde with a bony London face , and her stick-like legs were not enhanced by the thick , grey Waaf stockings and flat lace-up shoes we all had to wear . |
| 34 | She was only about five feet tall , if that , and the kid , a big healthy specimen , seemed to be only a few inches off the floor . |
| 35 | no , maybe I was only about five , maybe it was twenty years ago |
| 36 | Well , she 'd lost that much weight , now she 's very conscious from then on , you know , she 's sort of kept her weight down , but her daughter also had a job at our place and she was gross , I mean , Olive and Ann had both been huge women , but , but this daughter , and she was only about five feet tall and er , I do n't know what her weight was but it was one of those |
| 37 | As she was only about fourteen , we always bought a few dark-red carnations from her , but that was as far as we would go , to her surprise and indignation . |
| 38 | It was only about twelve feet long a baby by local standards — but it hissed and barked and thrashed and stank until finally converted into a writhing sack of potatoes . |
| 39 | Yes , the st the er cargo boat would tow the small boat cos the small boat was only about twelve foot long , twelve to sixteen feet , all different sizes rowing boats then . |
| 40 | But he was tiny now , his feet only reached to halfway across the seat , he was only about twelve inches tall . |
| 41 | Er , I , I was only about twelve , thirteen at the time . |
| 42 | I mean the only th there was only about twelve or fourteen that she could cater for fo for a meal , you know , she had her dining room |
| 43 | Then Mr Sayers died prematurely when John was only about fifteen , so he was still just a boy when he had to become a man overnight , so to speak , and try and take on the running of this large and rather complicated farm . |
| 44 | It was only about eleven now , something like that , but he used to be fourteen stone . |
| 45 | In France , Italy and the USA , the decline was only about 2 per cent . |
| 46 | Oh , I do nt know , I was only about 2 years old ( probably ) . |
| 47 | Progress was only about 30 ft. a month and the rate had been raised to £5 a fathom . |
| 48 | Aye , ooh but I 'll tell what it was bloody awful , I would n't , I would n't have another , mind I was only about forty , forty seven , forty five since when he had that |
| 49 | ‘ Sharpe was only about 15 yards away when I moved towards him and he started running , ’ PC Pounder told magistrates at Hebburn , Tyne and Wear . |
| 50 | Its share of ‘ small systems ’ was only about 15 per cent , but due to grow . |
| 51 | I remember one particular night , the ambulance was parked in Warwick Square where Ralph lived — it was only about 50 yards from his flat and I was really cold . |
| 52 | IDEC felt confident that it would be able to attract a high percentage of its staff to this location as the area not only offered a pleasant environment but was only about 20 miles from north London . |
| 53 | This must have started life as a cottage — the front room which had been turned into the shop was only about ten feet by eight feet . |
| 54 | I was only about ten . |
| 55 | The flight was only about ten steps down to the next landing , and though he felt bruised all over , and shocked , nothing seemed to be broken . |
| 56 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 57 | His carving knife was only about half an inch wide at the centre where constant sharpening had worn it away . |
| 58 | ‘ It was only about half past twelve . |
| 59 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 60 | But their bid has been knocked back by the Government which claimed their independent valuation was only about half the real value . |