Example sentences of "we [was/were] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way back we were about two and a half miles from Fordingbridge when disaster struck . |
| 2 | We were about half-way through the second audition when the door opened and Karen Parsons walked in . |
| 3 | And erm we ran off , I were , we were about sixteen or seventeen and er we kept chucking bricks at him . |
| 4 | We were about thirty yards from the crossing and travelling at about fifteen miles an hour when a middle-aged man stepped off the pavement into the road . |
| 5 | I think , Maureen , I remember when we were about fifteen , at the last count she had forty nine first cousins ! |
| 6 | Suddenly , as we were about fifty yards from that lovely smell of coffee , there was an almighty roar as the barn blew up , scattering burning straw and all kinds of debris all over the farm area . |
| 7 | When we were about nine and ten and a half we had somebody living in because there were an awful lot of evening meetings that my father had to go to and usually mother went with him . |
| 8 | I expect we were about three miles out to sea by now , though I could not smell any salt , hear any gulls or see any boats . |
| 9 | And we never used to we were about three times home in that er five years time . |
| 10 | When we were about twenty yards away from them an old woman turned and saw us. I just had time to see the panic on her face before the driver applied the brakes . |
| 11 | ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof . |
| 12 | We were about ten when nuisance escalated into serious engagement . |
| 13 | When we was about fourteen in the fourth year at school , there was this quite chubby bloke he 'd have a towel just there while you shower . |