Example sentences of "it just about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Papa left him reasonably well provided for through more orthodox investments , but I imagine it just about breaks even . |
| 2 | But for the dressing-up ghosts it just about sends them crazy , after all that bother , finding the right clothes , and often arranging to carry their heads in funny places — I mean not on their necks — and then the lifer just does n't take any notice . |
| 3 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 4 | Neither pleasingly accelerative nor particularly sporting , it just about passes as a sporting saloon . |
| 5 | Well , it just about passes . |
| 6 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |
| 7 | Recent research shows the disillusionment is more widespread and no longer confined to the late thirties or early forties : nor is it just about career blockage or perceived failure . |