Example sentences of "[vb past] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in effect led to a situation where the commercial energy input became about equal to the equivalent energy output of edible grains . |
| 2 | He and Eva argued about this : she thought him indulgent . |
| 3 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 4 | You got about sixteen |
| 5 | He got about fifty yards up the road , stopped , turned towards me and said , ‘ I hear you 're looking into my affairs . |
| 6 | I got about fifty of them if you want them . |
| 7 | Us v Roveres got about 1 min … |
| 8 | you got about four . |
| 9 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 10 | They got about six or seven bars of chocolate as the one the joint ones they got loads of them |
| 11 | Y you got about twelve and sixpence a w a year . |
| 12 | She got about two hundred thousand and a life interest in another two hundred thou . |
| 13 | I got about two left in bunker |
| 14 | We got about two did n't we ? |
| 15 | What lessons , anything arithmetic , mental arithmetic , dictation which I was bad at , my school report was about fair , fair , fair , poor , poor , poor , that 's what mine was , I only got about one excellent . |
| 16 | You got about five of them went round giving them to other people just so you could say that to Chris did n't you ? |
| 17 | I got about fifteen |
| 18 | I mean , we have n't done so far but we , that 's what but , this is stuff we got about hundred |
| 19 | So I got about twenty records , ten packets of tea , Tropic of Cancer and On the Road , and the plays of Tennessee Williams , and off I went to live with Eva . |
| 20 | you got about twenty five if you 're lucky ! |
| 21 | We got about twenty panels at work and on the panel there 's a little plastic thing stuck on and it needs four keys and one . |
| 22 | We got about twenty minutes away from the house and the phone starts ringing |
| 23 | And he got about 30 inquiries a day . |
| 24 | Now the mix-up we had yesterday , er on a lot of aggro when I got about this dust extract system one line three . |
| 25 | And she got about half a dozen of the strongest boys from standard one to stand guard at the door . |
| 26 | Yeah , I got about half |
| 27 | And then we got about another half an hour and we had another call . |
| 28 | Well I got about ten thousand . |
| 29 | So I got about ten twenty five |
| 30 | You got about seven hours tonight I 'll tell you about it . |