Example sentences of "they 're about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he was drawn towards the Eye the terror-struck Rincewind raised the box protectively , and at the same time heard the picture imp say , ‘ They 're about ripe now , ca n't hold them any longer . |
| 2 | … And I think you 've also got to have people who do bear in mind that they 're about one of the few parts of the authority that are in the forefront of the people and are basically representing the authority . |
| 3 | Er they 're about halfway in their own league , erm I think they beat by the odd goal the team that we beat four two here . |
| 4 | They 're about that wide and they 're about that deep and I just put a circle of greaseproof in the bottom |
| 5 | They 're about that wide and they 're about that deep and I just put a circle of greaseproof in the bottom |
| 6 | And they 're about that big and it 's that long . |
| 7 | I du n no what it is but they 're about that long and about that round and then they got this trigger like you similar what you do on the Vax hold the trigger . |
| 8 | They 're about that big |
| 9 | but this is an old shop at and they 're about that big by that are n't they ? |
| 10 | you know , and they 're about that big all in , in this er silver foil . |
| 11 | Er er I 'm afraid they 're about all passed on , now . |
| 12 | Shrewsbury by the way are a third division team , they 're about eighth or ninth in the table so er a great chance for them tonight to cause a major upset . |
| 13 | The other group of people who you might have thought , ought to have taken them up and been interested in them , was the wider field of social science , er , writers after all , social scientists , ought to be interested in these , in these books because they 're about social science . |
| 14 | They 're about fourth or fifth . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're about everyday life , ’ she says . |
| 16 | he says , you know , th they 're about ready for renewing or parts |
| 17 | So it seems to be about school anxiety and exam anxieties and so , but those are very common kinds of dreams , but , but very often when you you find they 're actually about the present , they 're about some recurrent anxiety or conflict in the present which is masquerading as if it were in the past because your associations of what 's going on are connected with the past er one way or another . |
| 18 | They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune |
| 19 | We I mean you know with coal houses they they 're about this wide , about that high , of course you do n't put the coal that high do you cos it 's forty five degrees job . |