Example sentences of "he [was/were] about [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I suppose he he 'd gone there when he was about thirteen fourteen and er he came from a family from Where was it . |
| 2 | You know , I thought he was about fifty odd , but what I must mention Jane , must n't forget in his first race in the three o'clock , he came last on Ruddy Cheek . |
| 3 | No not really , no I , I 'm hale and hearty erm there is no history of illness in my family , my father , my grandfather lived till he was about eighty four I 've never really given it much thought . |
| 4 | He was about forty three years old and living at home and his mother was like well wrap up warm now |
| 5 | I thought he was about twenty eight . |