Example sentences of "[adv] about [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After pipping Swedish pair Per-Ulrik Johansson and Fredrik Lindgren , by one shot , thanks to birdies at the last two holes , he said : ‘ I was so far away I just about saw the ball disappear . |
| 2 | Steel cans , you can just about cover the costs of it . |
| 3 | will just about cover the cost of er the motor bike |
| 4 | OLDHAM just about had the edge early on but Port took the lead in the 39th minute when Jamie Williams volleyed home from a corner . |
| 5 | I could n't believe that he just about had the audacity to phone this guy up . |
| 6 | He just about takes the biscuit . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , that just about takes the — ’ |
| 8 | I had just about reached the stairs , when suddenly a white door to my right burst open and a group of students tumbled out , shrieking with laughter . |
| 9 | The blurred , poky , and inadequate black and white illustrations will just about serve the devoted collector but will not make new converts . |
| 10 | It was Mansell 's 6th win of the season ; the 27th of his career and that puts him level with Jackie Stewart as Britain 's most successful driver , so victory at Silverstone would give him a record and just about clinch the world crown . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've just about gone the limit now . ’ |
| 12 | In a bumper month Stephen King 's Gerald 's Game ( NEL , £5.99 ) just about gets the nod , but he 's hard pressed by Terry Pratchett 's latest Discworld paperback , Small Gods ( Corgi , £4.99 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 14 | I have meandered round all sorts of fairly obscure topics , just about pleasing the Chair by remaining in order , knowing that whatever I said it would not make the slightest difference to the outcome of the private Bill . |
| 15 | so did I , I just about chuck the |
| 16 | And Jill , the housekeeper I 'd employed just before leaving England , was just about holding the fort . |
| 17 | Yet we have adapted our lives , more or less , to the motor car ; the early legislation was progressively modified as technology advanced and attitudes changed until , by a process of social adaptation and general education , the current road traffic regulations and the Highway Code together just about control the monster . |
| 18 | Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips , she was very unsteady . |
| 19 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 20 | No , I can , I can just about bear the in June not a |
| 21 | I thought I had just about run the gamut of sexual experiences , but nothing like this had ever happened to me before . |
| 22 | It seemed that we could just about raise the amount of the offer we had decided upon and still avoid bankruptcy . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 25 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 26 | Now since I 've just about learnt the difference between the sharp end and the blunt end of a boat , I 've decided to go straight to the top and get some expert advice from the R Y A and who better than the R Y A's national coach John , Hi John . |
| 27 | While expressing relief that what is emerging could be worse , it is not the promised land ; it is just about approaching the standard of some of the good practice which preceded it . |
| 28 | I would just about have the strength to make it through the gates — to the rest and smoke which I badly needed because my legs were beginning to seize up . |
| 29 | As Jonathan Martin , the BBC head of sport , put it : ‘ It 's not just about having the biggest cheque on the table . |
| 30 | We have just about got the thumbprints on the Video and Activity Book contracts and it is fairly reasonable to suppose that the rest will now follow . |