Example sentences of "'re about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dippers are browny-black in colour with striking , snowy white breasts ; they 're about the size of a well-fed blackbird , but far more enjoyable to watch . |
| 2 | They 're about the size of a cigarette packet and come with a connector for one of the standard low-cost LAN cable types ( which usually means thin co-an and BNC connections ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're about the same size as me , skip … |
| 4 | ‘ We did try swapping while our youngest children were tiny — they 're about the same age — but found that the erratic routines caused havoc . |
| 5 | The ships are worth Something , and they 're about the only hope of securing creditors about 5p in the pound . |
| 6 | Still you 're about the same height , and they 're obviously such good clothes . ’ |
| 7 | You 're about the same size as your Aunt Molly … ’ |
| 8 | They 're about the biggest thing in this squadron . ’ |
| 9 | In other words , instead of almost doubling year by year , last we are about the same , we have n't got all the confirmations , we 're about the same as we were the year before , give or take a few , about say five percent . |
| 10 | We 're about the only people in , in Harlow that do sell the Anglepoise lamps |
| 11 | they 're about the same , so when the hundred gram bar has got the extra ten per cent it 's it 's just just makes it the better bargain , er , they 're not losing much on that cos they save on the wrapping , so it probably costs them the same |
| 12 | We 're about the same size . |
| 13 | They 're about the same . |
| 14 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |