Example sentences of "[pron] [is] about fifty " in BNC.
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1 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
2 | There 's about fifty Europeans on the island — including Americans — and there 's plenty of men anxious to do a bit of gardening , or women ready to earn a day 's wages doing the laundry — you saw them at work — or sewing . |
3 | You 're joking , there 's about fifty countries in Africa are n't there ! |
4 | Oh I had to put that postal order in there , there 's about fifty quid in there |
5 | Well it 's about fifty pence a cubic metre if you have a er a metered water supply in Severn Trent , which is about point O five pence a litre . |
6 | Oh it 's it 's about fifty percent . |
7 | It 's about fifty six pound a week is n't it ? |
8 | You 'd have about , I think it 's about fifty five thousand . |
9 | Very small it 's about fifty . |
10 | I think it 's about fifty odd quid to get a remote control set a remote control handset . |
11 | It 's about fifty pound now there somewhere , this is unfair of this Tory government , who by the way does n't agree with women in the front benches . |
12 | That 's like it 's about fifty beats |
13 | He is about fifty and still has a full head of jet black slicked-back hair , Elvis-style . |
14 | Stefan , sucking his miracle tablets at the back of the stalls , muttered to the Direktor , ‘ He 's about fifty years out of date . |
15 | This guy was great though we met in Ireland cos he was erm he used to own about three or four supermarkets , er small chains and he just one day , he 's about he 's about fifty eight , sixty now and one day he said about five years ago he just got fed up and just walked out . |
16 | He 's older than me oh he 's a lot older , he 's about fifty Johnny |