Example sentences of "be about all " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 2 | Er er I 'm afraid they 're about all passed on , now . |
| 3 | The card this time has not more than six words on it , because that seems to be about all that most people can hold at once . |
| 4 | Still , one day at a time seems to be about all I am capable of dealing with at the moment , so I wo n't make too many big plans … ! |
| 5 | The works of Hamilton which eventually appear on CD-ROM will be open to basic text retrieval but that will be about all . |
| 6 | Coun Roberts said : ‘ We could provide statutory duties and that would be about all . |
| 7 | Kit Kats were about all I could afford . |
| 8 | The King 's College researchers say three to four weekly sessions ‘ getting mildly breathless ’ is about all that 's needed to keep mother and baby fit before the birth . |
| 9 | It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all . |
| 10 | For all the problems that it raises , this formidable wish-list is better than a constantly repeated non , which is about all that France contributed in the past . |
| 11 | This new book , which is about all these and more , was produced to coincide with last year 's exhibition in the new Vitra Design Museum in Weil-am-Rhein . |
| 12 | At its most specific , it has a very limited currency : it recurs between canine and feline , and between puppy and kitten — but that is about all . |
| 13 | However , that is about all we would know . |
| 14 | He 's worked for his uncle ever since he left school , he lives in his uncle 's house and this is about all he can call his own . |
| 15 | But that is about all . |
| 16 | Wheels are quieter than feet , you know , which is about all I can say for them . |
| 17 | ‘ The trousers is about all we 've got at the moment . |
| 18 | And that 's about all . |
| 19 | That 's about all . |
| 20 | That 's about all I can tell you . ’ |
| 21 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Unless we can think of something really clever , I 'm afraid it 's about all we can do . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's about all I have n't got rid of . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ That 's about all you can say for it . ’ |
| 25 | And if she does n't go right away , I 'll just give her a little motion on her rear and that 's about all . |
| 26 | Behaviour in a vacuum may be very interesting but that 's about all . |
| 27 | In my little collection , there are few christian names : Arthur Gilligan , Maurice Tate , Fred Root , Frank Ryan ( Glamorgan 's American exile ) but that 's about all . |
| 28 | But that 's about all . |
| 29 | Unfortunately when it comes to originality that 's about all the game has to offer . |
| 30 | An hour on the workbench could make them play quite reasonably , but do n't imagine you 're getting anything like a real Rickenbacker for a bargain price ; they 've got the looks , but that 's about all . |