Example sentences of "[vb past] was about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hole I drew was about nine metres out and I fished it with that length of pole and a short line . |
| 2 | ‘ Bloody bridge , ’ Gerry said , ‘ the last time this happened was about five years ago , when Jack Thompson saw something . |
| 3 | What he needed was about fifty nomes . |
| 4 | She had stayed in the cellar for what she thought was about three days and then realised that she had n't felt the vibration of gunfire for some time , perhaps a day and a night . |
| 5 | Last time I went was a last time I went was about fifteen years ago , so I was thirty nine |
| 6 | But the one I saw was about half past two . |
| 7 | It set West Indies a target of 225 , which everyone knew was about three hundred too low , and inevitably Greenidge and Haynes began with a century partnership . |
| 8 | Mr Dobson , whom police said was about 40 , had lived with Ms Bell , a receptionist , at their Darlington home for the last two years . |
| 9 | One result of this change was that the number of households enumerated was about 300 thousands more under the new definition or about 13 per cent ( Todd and Griffiths , 1986 ) . |