Example sentences of "be about the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would that have been about the time you went back to the car to look for your nine iron ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's about the time I turned into a pig ! ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's about the time you washed my mouth out with soap . ’ |
| 4 | Though her radicalism had not begun to develop , her individualistic streak was already fully formed , as Miss Suter recalls : ‘ It was about the time we were beginning to have trouble with student sit-ins , and Katharine stuck out against it . |
| 5 | The council insisted on erecting another — this was about the time I arrived — and it got delivered in handy , fit-together sections . |
| 6 | His first question was about the time she was having , his first statement that the cat — and he — were doing fine . |
| 7 | It was about the time you dropped the raw egg into your great-aunt 's letter box . ’ |