Example sentences of "[subord] i was about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if I was about fourteen ! |
| 2 | We had no radio until I was about nine years old . |
| 3 | My mother came from around here , and we lived in the area until I was about eight years old . |
| 4 | Oh , right up until I was about thirty five , thirty eight , forty |
| 5 | So I gave up on the idea of girls until I was about fifteen , when I suppose my hormones calmed down a bit . |
| 6 | For London-born pro footballer Vince Hilaire , the realization was more gradual : ‘ I did n't really think about the black and white thing until I was about 14 or 15 . |
| 7 | I mean , I was one of those kids who never even saw a mirror until I was about thirteen , and by that time it was too late . |
| 8 | ‘ Although I was interested in music , I did n't bother playing until I was about 17 . |
| 9 | And I was there until I was about eighteen . |
| 10 | But of course , five years difference meant that he and I were not relating as equals until I was about sixteen , and then the war separated us . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't actually start playing in bands until I was about twenty-three , ’ says Guy . |
| 12 | I remember incidents like these , I think , because I was about seven , the age at which children start to notice social detail and social distinction , but also more particularly because the long lesson in hatred for my father had begun , and the early stages were in the traditional mode , to be found in the opening chapters of Sons and Lovers and Lawrence 's description of the inculcated dislike of Mr Morrell , of female loathing for coarse male habits . |
| 13 | I do n't mind whether I 'm English or Irish , but the thing about this is that as I was there till I was about fifteen or sixteen , it rubbed off on me a lot the whole atmosphere of Ireland . |
| 14 | Aye till I were till I was about fifteen and we we went to live at . |
| 15 | Lived there till I was about fourteen . |
| 16 | But er , it lasted , I was forty seven and it did n't finish till I was about sixty ! |
| 17 | London , east London , East Ham actually I was brought up till I was about seven er in the same area , but erm in a place called Beckton |
| 18 | So I had to work with him till I was about twenty or twenty-one or something like that , you know . |
| 19 | Since I was about fourteen , I think . |
| 20 | Bill : I had been having sex , occasionally , with men since I was about fourteen but I had no gay social life at all . |
| 21 | I always wanted to be an actor since I was about five and my parents would take me to the cinema and theatre . |
| 22 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 23 | I have been a great fan of Martina 's since I was about 5 or 6 and I am now 15 going on 16 . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've collected records since I was about 11 ’ , he says , confessing to an early case of the vinyl addiction that is a prerequisite for any DJ worth his or her Technics . |
| 25 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
| 26 | ‘ Since I was about eighteen . |
| 27 | I 'm a 15-year-old boy and my problem is a nervous stammer , which I 've had since I was about 10 . |
| 28 | I have not hit anyone since I was about 12 , ’ he says . |
| 29 | ‘ Then there was the big typhus epidemic when I was about six and she died . |
| 30 | I need my dream , I 've got to have it — like I had to have that fairy-and-goblin curtain material when I was about six and I thought I 'd die when Mum said No , we must have the blue flowery material because it would outlast my six-year-old fairy-and-goblin phase . |