Example sentences of "was about the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An illegitimate birth in the degrading surroundings of the workhouse was about the deepest stigma that anyone could bear at the start of life . |
| 2 | She was n't a pretty woman , but to Erlich 's eye she was about the best there could be . |
| 3 | Yeah , I thought it was about the best one ever . |
| 4 | because I think this little dancing troop we had out , I was about the eldest |
| 5 | Donald was about the nearest he was likely to find to a Murderer 's Doctor . |
| 6 | He thought that was about the stupidest statement he 'd ever made . |
| 7 | ‘ Tourist ’ was about the worst term of abuse you could use . |
| 8 | In B Division , the discipline was about the worst in the force — the thing was that it was not a bad pay-packet plus there was the pension at the end — a big item . |
| 9 | You know very , that was , that was about the hardest part about it , cos no sooner you were done , you had to start again you understand ? |
| 10 | Nelson had fallen head over heels in love with Billie , and had unofficially appointed Charity chief consultant of matters of the heart , which was about the biggest joke she had ever heard . |
| 11 | Er well that was about the biggest , that that we worked on and we maybe had er some things for churches . |