Example sentences of "be [det] about the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er no they 're all about the same depth are n't they ? |
| 2 | They 're all about the same , there 's hardly any difference in them . |
| 3 | They are all about the same size — only a few centimetres long — with roughly the same shape , slim , approximately rectangular , with high foreheads and small pouting mouths . |
| 4 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
| 5 | ‘ And they are all about the same age and they are all boys who have never been in trouble with the police , but the people who taught them and their family were not exactly surprised at what happened . ’ |
| 6 | They were all about the same age as my daughter Kate , and three were fighting for their lives . |
| 7 | Quite apart from the ones I killed ( and they were all about the same age I was when I murdered them ) I can think of at least three of our family who went to whatever they imagined their Maker was like in unusual ways . |
| 8 | Chris Laidlaw , the All Black halfback , was another about the same time who , in fact , teamed with Mains ' brother Rick as the inside backs in an outstanding school team . |