Example sentences of "about the same age [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a big man with a fine moustache about the same age as her father had been , Emily guessed , but it was quite apparent that he considered himself quite a dandy . |
| 2 | So she is about the same age as her stepson . |
| 3 | They were all about the same age as my daughter Kate , and three were fighting for their lives . |
| 4 | The vicar had two sons much about the same age as my brother and myself , so we were often invited into the vicarage to play . |
| 5 | She was about the same age as his own daughter but she looked as if she had the troubles of the world on her . |
| 6 | Anyway erm so erm you sometimes also find with family situations , let's suppose in some situations you have some you have a daughter in the household who 's being abused by say the father or step-father , maybe if there 's a brother once he gets old enough to start becoming interested in sex , in some cases , although he 's round about the same age as his sister , can be um as it were inducted into the into the cycle of abuse erm can actually start participating when the dynamic 's already there . |