Example sentences of "just about [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blurred , poky , and inadequate black and white illustrations will just about serve the devoted collector but will not make new converts . |
| 2 | Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips , she was very unsteady . |
| 3 | The Gestapo was just about running the Communist party by 1944 , but to do that they 'd have to let some small fry run free , and from their point of view the Eismarks would be very small indeed . |
| 4 | One can just about imagine the monstrous labours of the eventual demolition ( centuries away , long after my time ) , and the eventual creation of the pleasant land — the green , the promised . |
| 5 | The roofing felt was eventually fixed with a gallon of disgusting adhesive and half a pound of nails , which just about completed the major work , everything else could be classified as ‘ off jobs ’ to finish off . |
| 6 | My boyfriend has just asked me to marry him and we are just about to break the good news to our families . |
| 7 | She was just about to rattle the huge gates in fury when there was a clunk and the gates whirred open . |
| 8 | This pendulum visualisation helped me considerably at the point where I was just about to master the hovering stage . |