Example sentences of "my [noun sg] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MY dad left my mum about 12 years ago . |
| 2 | MY dad left my mum about 12 years ago . |
| 3 | That 's right , Peter he 's er he , he just started work in my department about three or four weeks ago , yes . |
| 4 | I had parked my car about fifty yards down the road . |
| 5 | He hit me on my bum about 20 times . ’ |
| 6 | He considered that he gave Modigliani a fair deal : ‘ He came to my shop about ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 7 | There had been problems in his relationship with his girlfriend and indeed he 'd come to see my firm about six months ago because of the deterioration in that relationship and had general advice then about his legal position should there be a separation . |
| 8 | And we used to th masses of cousins there and erm one one of my Jean , my cousin about ten months younger than I said , can I have a go Mollie ? |
| 9 | We all waited outside in St Martin 's Lane for 55 minutes , and to my surprise about 99 per cent of them came back in for the finish . ’ |
| 10 | I have had my glassfish about 18 months , and have never had any trouble in getting them to take dried food as opposed to live . |
| 11 | I started eating my dinner about fifteen minutes before Andy and he 'd finished before me . |
| 12 | At the time of my visit about half the men had been convicted of heterosexual offences , mostly rape ; about a quarter for offences against children and about a quarter were the ‘ grasses ’ or informers . |