Example sentences of "'d be about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she liked the idea of going to work you see , she 'd she 'd got a family , she 'd be about oh she was about ten years older than I was and erm she looked out of place you know . |
| 2 | I 'd say I 'd be about fourt I should be about fourteen . |
| 3 | Er and then we had about , ooh there 'd be about ooh twenty of us to four bathrooms . |
| 4 | There 'd be about ooh twenty beds I think . |
| 5 | Locust , locust beans they 'd be about that length , they used to be just like a brown bean , they were dry . |
| 6 | No there 'd be there 'd be about It must be two hundred feet above . |
| 7 | It 'd be about one . |
| 8 | He 'd be about , Brassy , be eighty now , you know , getting on , yeah . |
| 9 | That 'd be about , well we used to finish , close about five o'clock , half past five . |
| 10 | Oh that would be what er that 'd be about ? |
| 11 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 12 | that 's where we went and we saw those lads who 'd be about our age , so funny , right one night |