Example sentences of "[be] about the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This must be about the sixth glass of water you 've asked for . ’ |
| 2 | But then it was a creature of its time , and its time and the work it did were about the last election , not the next one . |
| 3 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 4 | This is about the fifth meal you 've made ! |
| 5 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 6 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 7 | It 's not fair to the others — and asking for clothes for his wife is about the last straw ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's about the second problem that the Professor raised . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's about the first night . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah we bought a new bedroom suite I think that 's about the first thing |
| 11 | And at a time when the Ingard lot are pressed for money , he 's about the last person you 'd have thought they 'd go to any trouble over . |
| 12 | It seems quite a while ago now , but it 's about the last thing I remember . |
| 13 | I guess so , it seems so , Graham , oh , he 's making people redundant , he 's gone off , it 's about the third time in three weeks take a day playing golf . |
| 14 | ‘ I reported the killing as soon as I left them , leaving a man there and asking them to touch nothing ; that was about the ninth hour . |
| 15 | The project was about the Second World War . |
| 16 | I think Row was about the last row in and of course you 'd got all the fields , Gardens and what have you . |
| 17 | Just one or two people who were who were here from the start so they remembered you know th thi this was this was more or less where the builders finished off , this was about the last house they did |
| 18 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |