Example sentences of "[verb] be about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it would have been about that time , yes , or soon after |
| 2 | Later , two men took me into a corner and fired questions at me for what seemed like ages , but can only have been about half an hour . |
| 3 | Must have been about half past nine . |
| 4 | But the one I saw was about half past two . |
| 5 | The fare seems to have been about half the Third Class rate . |
| 6 | The rate seems to have been about half that of an ordinary return and was perhaps a day ticket , although no mention of that condition is made . |
| 7 | They had been about half way through when the message had come from the District Chief . |
| 8 | ‘ There have been about half a dozen desperate letters over the years . |
| 9 | Since then , there have been about half a dozen glitzy launches — featuring among others , the Home Secretary grinning into the television cameras , telling us that something was going to be done some time . |
| 10 | He 's been home at , it 's been about half past six evening . |
| 11 | you know when Les , oh she says there 's been about half a dozen people at that paint shop , sends chops and changes she said she said , she said I have n't lived there for three and a half years |