Example sentences of "since [pers pn] was about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Since I was about fourteen , I think . |
2 | Bill : I had been having sex , occasionally , with men since I was about fourteen but I had no gay social life at all . |
3 | I always wanted to be an actor since I was about five and my parents would take me to the cinema and theatre . |
4 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
5 | I have been a great fan of Martina 's since I was about 5 or 6 and I am now 15 going on 16 . |
6 | ‘ I 've collected records since I was about 11 ’ , he says , confessing to an early case of the vinyl addiction that is a prerequisite for any DJ worth his or her Technics . |
7 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
8 | ‘ Since I was about eighteen . |
9 | I 'm a 15-year-old boy and my problem is a nervous stammer , which I 've had since I was about 10 . |
10 | I have not hit anyone since I was about 12 , ’ he says . |
11 | and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal . |
12 | She has been going to therapy since she was about two . ’ |
13 | Mary was born in the Netherlands and has been fascinated by heraldry since she was about 11 . |
14 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |