Example sentences of "be just about ready " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I imagine you are just about ready for your course — pencils sharpened & bag packed . |
| 2 | They are just about ready to go out . |
| 3 | I bet you 're just about ready for some good home cookin' , ’ he mimicked the interviewer 's style , making Paige choke on a laugh . |
| 4 | It is just about ready to roll , we 've only get a few minor drafting amendments to complete . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just about ready , ’ the production manager said . |
| 6 | Mr Wickham 's just about ready to haul someone in . ’ |
| 7 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 8 | There 's four in the sitting room , there 's one well advanced that 's doi doing quite well , there 's one upstairs that 's just about ready for er , repotting , and there are two more that have sprouts on . |
| 9 | She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could . |
| 10 | I was just about ready to turn in my leather jacket for a Limnititzker housewife 's headscarf , anything for a passport into that secret world of hers … |
| 11 | The pig Agnes had at the moment was just about ready to have its throat slit so she would send Alisdair to the market for a new one . |