Example sentences of "[was/were] about twelve " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were about twelve or more German prisoners , all of them staring at me from the gloom of the interior . |
| 2 | There were about twelve pupils whose ages ranged from eighteen down to seven years . |
| 3 | And I think our wages were about twelve and six a week and then it went to fifteen shillings a week . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | It was about twelve o'clock in the morning . |
| 6 | When I was about twelve the farm at Pilton was sold , and Uncle Bill had to leave his cottage . |
| 7 | The boy was about twelve years of age and a little impudent in his attitude . |
| 8 | When I was about twelve I had a governess called Miss Mayhew . |
| 9 | In fact when I was about twelve , I wrote a piece of music called ‘ Anxiety ’ — it was so silly that I framed it . |
| 10 | When I was about twelve , I was in love with Doris Day — and that was before she was a virgin ! |
| 11 | The room was about twelve foot square and lit by a fluorescent tube running almost the full length of the ceiling . |
| 12 | It was about twelve people . |
| 13 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 14 | He was about twelve , with a healthy red face and bright blue eyes . |
| 15 | I was about twelve . |
| 16 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 17 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |
| 18 | She was about twelve years of age — standard years — and possessed the curious red-gold hair colouring of a descendant of the Ancestor . |
| 19 | I was about twelve years old , and I fell in love with the place instantly . |
| 20 | The depth of water alongside was about twelve feet ( 3.65 metres ) at high water neap tides and sixteen feet ( 5.15 metres ) at high water spring tides . |
| 21 | when I was about twelve and I remember bashing into a nanny with a pram . |
| 22 | aged quite rapidly , we were lucky with ours cos at the time I could n't , you know thought she was about twelve , |
| 23 | till she was about twelve she was quite . |
| 24 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 25 | Went to the Royal Academy when I was doing my 'O' Levels , it was a Jackson follow up it was about , ambulance was about twelve foot by twelve foot , it was literally splodges of paint all over the fucking place , it was horrible , you can actually buy them at the Royal Academy , you ca n't buy them at , but he was asking a hundred thousand pounds for it , I could n't believe it , a trained monkey could of fucking painted that |
| 26 | There was about twelve or thirteen of us there . |
| 27 | We moved it once and apparently it had to go a zoo after that cos when we moved it back it was about twelve foot long , and then of course it g grew even larger than that . |
| 28 | At erm , summer camp , when I came last year as well , there were sisters , and the oldest one was about twelve , the next one was about ten , and the next one was about eight and they they were half cast , I 'm not qu quite sure , the their mother was sort of , she 's dark , she 's sort of half cast , and they 've got , they all very very attractive girls , with such lovely hair , just corkscrew , it 's really lovely , and they come out the erm , swimming pool and they bring their their erm , shampoo and their conditioner with them , and do I ca n't just see this the family look . |