Example sentences of "they [was/were] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was natural for the Girls to go out with men but Tiller was possessive and seemed to expect them to remain single until they were about thirty years of age , then quietly fade away . |
| 2 | Erm anyway , he said er oh he said they were about thirty two thirty two K those . |
| 3 | It was bigger than this and they , they were about thirty , thirty five . |
| 4 | Well they 're not so much children actually they were about eighteen . |
| 5 | They were about 10 yards from the western side of the reef , where it fell away sharply and waves were pounding on its shore . |
| 6 | They were about 45 metres away from us , right in the middle of the pond . |
| 7 | No wonder I like things I was looking at these tights , yeah , it 's just one pair , and they were about eight pounds |
| 8 | ‘ Some neighbours of ours in Scotland had unnaturally cosmopolitan views about the best way to bring up their daughters and they had all been sent to stay with family friends in both Paris and Florence when they were about seventeen . |
| 9 | I think they were about twelve pounds just for a , just some little things that you can use just like a little seaside pail but the totem pails , totem poles , it was totem pails |
| 10 | They were about five yards apart and he was just deciding they were n't anything to do with him when they both took out pistols . |
| 11 | In in in my own family my mum and my aunt went into service you know when they were about thirteen and they used to do the most abysmal jobs for next to nothing . |
| 12 | They were about nine inches by six inches , some two inches in thickness , with a bold diamond pattern , deeply cut into the hard black face . |
| 13 | Well I bought , I bought three custards the other day and I think they were about fifty three pence . |
| 14 | They were about 3,500 miles apart and I was visiting each one at least once a month for a year . |
| 15 | He glanced at the compass , they were about 15 degrees off course . |
| 16 | They were about ten hours in front and if she rang them now it would be the middle of the night . |
| 17 | Think they were about ten fifty . |
| 18 | When they were about 2 weeks old and measured about ⅓″ ( total length ) I decided to conduct an experiment to see how they would react to a shell ; I had an empty Apple Snail shell scrounged from my long-suffering dealer for just such an experiment . |
| 19 | The memorandum turned up when they were about three folders into the search ; North , as it happened , had not arrived yet . |
| 20 | Once they were about three , and talking properly , I started to like them , and now they are nine and five respectively I like them very much , though I notice their fascination with me seems to be dwindling . |
| 21 | When they were about twenty yards from the house , Jackie signalled them to crouch down behind a large bush covered in strange waxen blooms , like roses , only they were n't . |
| 22 | Giant bub I know they were about twenty nine pound I saw . |
| 23 | There 's two blokes , that , in there , in the fish shop the one in the blue , the tall one , eighteen , they were about twenty three |
| 24 | They were about 30 miles away however . |
| 25 | I know one was called Tom , that was a grey one and the other one was a bay and they was about fifteen hands , that 's what they stood . |
| 26 | Well we used to make those rings and put the fins on , rivet them on , and the bombs , the , the , the the rings was erm seamlessly weld on a a welder that you two w wheels which were electrically driven and the power was put through them and , and you overlap the two seams like that , and it , as the wheels went round it 'd weld them straight along , they was about eight inches deep seam weld them right down . |
| 27 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 28 | About two , some of them were about two foot some of them were about four |
| 29 | About two , some of them were about two foot some of them were about four |