Example sentences of "[is] about the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is about the fifth meal you 've made ! |
| 2 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 3 | 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. ! ) . |
| 4 | It 's not fair to the others — and asking for clothes for his wife is about the last straw ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's about the second problem that the Professor raised . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's about the first night . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah we bought a new bedroom suite I think that 's about the first thing |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It seems quite a while ago now , but it 's about the last thing I remember . |
| 10 | 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 . |