Sentence examples for when we were about from inspiring English sources

A few years ago, at a family Christmas, Mum produced a tape recording of Les and me playing the piano when we were about seven.

Just when we were about to give up, there it was: in the shop window behind an old-school metal gate painted a frothy sea-foam hue were mannequins filling out gauzy maxi dresses, and a simple wooden sign: "Dust Bunny".

"When we were about 600 nautical miles from Australia our fishing boat developed a snag and started sinking," the man said.

My nan ended up getting us out of there years later, when we were about 15.

When we were about done with the P.A. installation, my co-worker and I gathered the tools and materials, took a look back at the rolling countryside, and resigned ourselves to climbing back down into the yard.

When we were about done with the P.A. installation, my coworker and I gathered the tools and materials, took a look back at the rolling countryside, and resigned ourselves to climbing back down into the yard.

When we're about to argue, we let it go.

"This happens at a time when we're about to go out for a bond sale," he said.

It's particularly pertinent when we are about to see a new round of applications for Arts Council England funding.

They're not going to put their foot in and get injured when we're about to go to Wembley.

Organ donation policy may seem a fringe concern at a time when we're about to go to war.