Example sentences of "about [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all , Sly Spy is just about worth the four brass beer tokens asked for by your friendly computer shop . |
| 2 | Dr Johnson considered them to be just about worth the guinea a week ( £l.05 ) they generally earned . |
| 3 | With a bunch of others voices inside him clamouring to be heard ( Dieter — the clipped-toned Kraftwerkian presenter of German youth show , Sprockets ; the maniacal owner of the Scottish gift shop , All Things Scottish — motto , ‘ If it 's not Scottish , it 's crap ! ! ! ’ ) , does he feel , the inevitable film sequel notwithstanding , that Wayne 's just about past his sell-by date ? |
| 4 | were almost erm okay just like that , I mean there were one or two very good ones , I think there was one that was just about like that with the odd word and when an editor receives something like you , you know , it 's usually going to be something he wants to change very slightly , erm that , those were the best ones , there were in general however you have n't yet got used to the idea of editing . |
| 5 | I 'd get to about there , just about like that , and then I could n't do it . |
| 6 | yes , consumers want more , more variety , as well as just more , more consumption , and this is why , you know , although we produce cars just about in , in the U K , we still import a lot of cars to the U K. |
| 7 | Just about in the ground now in n it really ? |
| 8 | When she was just about within striking distance , she flung the soaking bundle with all her might in his direction , shouted , ‘ Take that ! ’ and then ran , not waiting to see if she had hit the target or not . |
| 9 | I parted from my mother just about on speaking terms . |
| 10 | We want that just about on the black line . |
| 11 | Henry was just about on her level . |
| 12 | At the end of what has not been the easiest of years for trading conditions , I am pleased to say that we are just about on target and set fair for 1993 . |
| 13 | In one-day matches England were now just about at rock bottom ; within a year they were very much on top . |
| 14 | For example , if technology is such that production is subject to a fixed maximum rate of capacity output , and for each firm its output under the collusive agreement is just about at capacity , then there would be virtually no short-run gain to reneging on the agreement . |
| 15 | I know it 's very stupid of me , but I could n't understand what it was supposed to be about at all . |
| 16 | After a photographic session near the Palace Gates I was just about at the end of my tether and was thankful to catch a taxi back to Liverpool Street Station and home . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just about at the limit of my transmitting range and anyway I do n't know exactly where we are , although I think it 's on the A7 road to Carlisle . |
| 18 | ‘ The occupational Therapy department does n't understand what art is about at all . |
| 19 | ‘ The occupational Therapy department do n't understand what art is about at all . |
| 20 | I was seething at your sign person because I thought we have no way of doing this for about at least two months |
| 21 | you point out this one , erm , they wo n't know what it 's about at all , it 's just a nice game , it 's just fun , but later , when they come to do bearings , it 'll se , it 'll be se |
| 22 | What I think I said was that in statutes in the latest Edition of Statutes in force nineteen seventy nine edition would fail to make it clear what two A was about at all made no mention of it er Hallsbury 's Statutes on the other hand do . |
| 23 | I remember thinking that I knew what painting was about at last . ’ |
| 24 | By this time next month we 're just about at the solstice we 're find that it 's not getting light until about seven o'clock in the morning and it 's getting dark again by about half past three . |