Example sentences of "be about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But really these people , and there 're about thirty other nationalities , by the way , being held , he just wants to show how tough he is , and it 's useful in the future , as now , when he wants to make a gesture . |
2 | Well , he 's doing it now , as I say , there 're about thirty other nationalities held in Iraqi prisons . |
3 | They 're about thirty five pound the sheep are today where these are over nineties , yeah . |
4 | it 's that or a new head torch , but if I got a new head torch it , it perhaps but they 're about , they 're about thirty quid I think |
5 | They 're about thirty-two P |
6 | When we talk about how camp they are now — Fred considers that on the official pop campness scale ‘ out of ten we 're about eight : Erasure are ten ’ — the non-singing brother also explains that there was no other way . |
7 | I went to school at ordinary time from as a kid and then up to till you 're about eight years old , then from eight years eight , nine , then you , I went to for about last four years . |
8 | Erm essential for life , we 're about two thirds water , it ll depends depending on which book you read how much of us is water , but erm Do n't forget that it 's an incredible solvent , water . |
9 | The head is made , erm , the tail , all the bits are made and eventually they , they all stick together like a kind of Lego , and the result is a new bacteria is made and this goes on until eventually the cell , there are so many inside the cell , that erm the cell just ruptures , when there 're about two hundred or so , the cell is now bulging with T four bacteria , it ruptures and releases a whole blob of new ones to start the cycle all over again . |
10 | Oh , I think they 're about two pound bag of that ? |
11 | yes and they 've put in there and they 're about two foot apart |
12 | So you know we 're about two hundred miles from London , so we 're about , only about two thirds of the way from London to Penzance . |
13 | We ought not to have to keep them until they 're about seventy , in nearly the lap of luxury . |
14 | Colleagues , that in fact concludes the morning 's business , we 're about twelve minutes ahead of time . |
15 | Now they 're about twelve to fifteen pounds |
16 | And you reckon we 're we 're four per cent you 're about four per cent below . |
17 | Yeah , well we will do once we 'll get them to the height we want we 'll start trimming them and they 'll bush out a bit more , that 's not bad they 're about four , four or five foot now are n't they ? |
18 | Yeah , I think they 're about four sizes too big actually |
19 | no you 're about five two , five three , who 's taller ? , who 's taller ? |
20 | yeah , but look Hayley 's feet , you 're about five two |
21 | We 're about right I think are n't we ? |
22 | Er , sixty five for breast , and I think they 're about fifty for the legs . |
23 | I think they 're about fifteen something like that , fifteen , sixteen , really depends whether you buy needlecord or erm this thickish cord |
24 | those boxes of crackers are about I think they 're about fifteen pound a box and the three |
25 | You ca n't be Walter until you 're about seventy-five in my view . |
26 | They 're about six from the bottom ai n't they ? |
27 | And they 're about six inch away from my |
28 | When you do your first beat , you 're walking with the sergeant and suddenly a voice will call out , ‘ Where are you going , son ? ’ and you 're about ten yards ahead . |
29 | We 're about ten miles further upstream . ’ |
30 | Erm so there 's s I think there 're about ten major things that we discussed erm what is psychology , research methods , psychoanalytical approaches , cognitive and information approaches or approach there , perception , memory , learning behaviourism , attribution and groups . |