Example sentences of "[be] [verb] about ten " in BNC.
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1 | But there again you 're getting about ten |
2 | Would a notice on the blackboard ‘ sorry to keep you waiting , interviews in Miss Smith 's class are running about ten minutes late . |
3 | So with fifty ohms we were getting a cer let's say with fifty ohms we were getting about ten amps going through . |
4 | We used to play it when we were aged about ten or eleven . |
5 | And you you were earning about ten bob a week then ? |
6 | It 's parked about ten yards away from the pub , on the left . |
7 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |
8 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
9 | I do n't think I could have done that if I had still been drinking or doing the things I was doing about ten years ago . |