Example sentences of "he [was/were] only about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Pippin 's side there was also a crucial non-participant : Bernard " though he was only about 8 km away from the battlefield , gave no help to either side " . |
| 2 | But he was tiny now , his feet only reached to halfway across the seat , he was only about twelve inches tall . |
| 3 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 4 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 5 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |