Example sentences of "[verb] there [was/were] about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh Gentleman , who conducted the research , said in his report that it was difficult to gauge precise numbers of New Age travellers — as opposed to traditional travellers — in Scotland , but he estimated there were about 60 households . |
| 2 | ( 1986 ) found that in Islington during the period covered there were about 1200 cases of sexual assault . |
| 3 | When he had penetrated the bushes , he saw there were about 20 men , and they were all in exactly the same nightmarish state : their faces were wholly burned , their eyesockets were hollow . |
| 4 | You see , I think there was about eight folks be used for thrashing roughly , ten folks erm two on the rick , one cutting , one feeding , one one that end . |
| 5 | Aye , Rob said there was about fifteen accounts out |
| 6 | He said there were about fifteen volumes . |