Example sentences of "[was/were] about the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , evenings were about the only time parents could relax together . |
| 2 | It was about the only time Ken opened up about his feelings about living in Farley Court by himself . |
| 3 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
| 4 | Luckily , that was about the same time that my mother and father bought me a radio , and all my other interests just disappeared once I had that … |
| 5 | 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 . |