Example sentences of "about [prep] the " 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 Just about in the ground now in n it really ?
4 We want that just about on the black line .
5 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 .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 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 .
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