Example sentences of "was [vb pp] about 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next five years he was moved about 20 times . |
| 2 | That was shown about 20 years ago , shortly after the first voluntary code . |
| 3 | The closure of Faskally in particular is controversial because the centre was bought about 20 years ago by the old Glasgow Corporation to give slum children a taste of adventure in the open air . |
| 4 | Highly selective vagotomy was introduced about 20 years ago and hence any cancer risk should become apparent in the next few years . |
| 5 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 6 | Joseph Rank had his first mill in Sproatley and the house where he lived is still outwardly the same , but the mill foundation was removed about 20 years ago when a modern housing estate was built . |