Example sentences of "[is] [adv] about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reading it the cruelty is just about balanced by the extreme beauty of the lyrics and much of the dialogue , so that the total effect , tho ’ sinister , like a too bright dream which is sure to turn into nightmare before the end , yet is bearable . |
| 2 | ‘ Your opinion of me is just about rock bottom , is n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | The engineer said , ‘ So they 've enough powder , very likely , to baulk that final attack we were all counting on , but on the other hand the food is just about finished . |
| 4 | ‘ Pop , ’ she continues , ‘ is just about making something that comes across in a simple way . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've done I 've done an hour this morning and it 's just about jiggered me . |
| 7 | The money 's just about run out . |
| 8 | Then your picture 's just about made . ’ |
| 9 | But he wisely did n't push his luck with Thorunn , choosing to stay right at the back where he chuckled : ‘ I think David 's just about recovered . |
| 10 | I suppose it 's just about falling to pieces . |
| 11 | I 'm sure he 'll try to say it 's just about going to get a result , but it will be an emotional day for him . |
| 12 | House of Fraser 's just about opened , but there 's nothing else . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's just about saturated as it is , ’ said an editor . |