Example sentences of "was [adv] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was somewhere about fourteen . |
| 2 | You knew what it was all about six years ago — what was happening . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what it was all about six years ago , why you were a bundle of nerves every time I came anywhere near you — because you could n't cope with your feelings . |
| 4 | At first , registration of births was only about 95 per cent complete . |
| 5 | Actually who stayed for mass there was only about thirty . |
| 6 | Doyle let the little group of people walk on until it was only about two hundred metres away . |
| 7 | At Machrie , Kilchoman , the mill has been made into a house and there was a millstone there which was only about two inches thick ; another thin stone was on the south bank of the Saligo river at NR208639 , which is not far away . |
| 8 | Although it was only about two shillings I think it was a lot of money for her you know . |
| 9 | And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those . |
| 10 | And er of course he alerted the other two fellows and there were no fighting there was only about two little fire extinguishers on the tower . |
| 11 | she was only about two and a half there |
| 12 | I think it was only about two ninety nine . |
| 13 | But it was only about two shops that showed any signs of life . |
| 14 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 15 | She was only about seventeen , with the most beautiful little face I had ever seen . |
| 16 | For a moment Robert thought she might have had her feet bound , and then he realized that her problem was simply that her face-mask was now so in line with Islamic law that her field of vision was only about six inches to the left and right of her . |
| 17 | Although their population was only about 5 per cent of the total of rural Wales , some districts fared relatively worse than others , particularly in Powys ( Brecknock , Montgomery and Radnor ) and parts of West Wales ( Preseli and south Pembrokeshire ) . |
| 18 | His new home was only about 5 miles away from Shelley , but in terms of family history his decision to move was momentous . |
| 19 | Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c . |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | I do n't know , I was only about eight . |
| 22 | he s it was only about eight o'clock or something and he said will they be there yet , will they be there if I go and have a pint with them ? |
| 23 | and unfortunately it was only about eight months before that she lost her mother , only her mother was the dominant feature of the family you see she kept them all together |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | but she was only about four foot eleven |
| 26 | Yeah , it was only about four steps . |
| 27 | I was only about five and a half when she too died after a long illness and one of my earliest recollections is riding in the well , at the foot of her bath-chair when she went out for constitutionals . |
| 28 | She was only about five feet tall , thin and blonde with a bony London face , and her stick-like legs were not enhanced by the thick , grey Waaf stockings and flat lace-up shoes we all had to wear . |
| 29 | She was only about five feet tall , if that , and the kid , a big healthy specimen , seemed to be only a few inches off the floor . |
| 30 | no , maybe I was only about five , maybe it was twenty years ago |