Example sentences of "[vb past] about the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Sultanate of Oman produced about the same amount of oil in 1984 as Qatar .
2 Brasher Boots arrived about the same time as the K-SB3 , but were developed from the running shoe .
3 The leaf area/weight was as efficient in the sense that it took about the same time to detect comparable differences .
4 We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other wacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels .
5 We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other whacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels .
6 I would n't disagree with Mr in what he said about the more cuts we have the better it looks and so it stands to reason it 's a question of cost .
7 Gracey 's British Indian forces eventually totalled over twenty thousand men ; and by December 1945 the French had about the same number in Vietnam .
8 General Giap had about the same number of soldiers , but these were reinforced by para-military elements .
9 Professional families in Liverpool had about the same age at death as labourers in Wiltshire ( table 2.2 ) .
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