Example sentences of "about [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steel cans , you can just about cover the costs of it . |
| 2 | will just about cover the cost of er the motor bike |
| 3 | Of this lot I feel McCallen can just about win the race — or at least one of the Superbike classes — but Fogarty is obviously the man everyone has to beat and I feel he will not go away empty-handed . |
| 4 | I can see them getting 90 at least , and it will take quite a collapse from them to not get the 85 which would just about guarantee the title . |
| 5 | so did I , I just about chuck the |
| 6 | They could just about remember the Store , but it did n't mean much to them . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I can just about see the cemetery up there . ’ |
| 8 | One more win would just about see the cherry and whites safe for another season in the first division . |
| 9 | She could just about hear the pilot yelling for silence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | The blurred , poky , and inadequate black and white illustrations will just about serve the devoted collector but will not make new converts . |
| 13 | Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips , she was very unsteady . |
| 14 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 15 | It seemed that we could just about raise the amount of the offer we had decided upon and still avoid bankruptcy . |
| 16 | No , I can , I can just about bear the in June not a |
| 17 | Two teachers can just about find the room and comparative peace to talk together about the arrangements for the next lesson and next week . |
| 18 | One can just about imagine the monstrous labours of the eventual demolition ( centuries away , long after my time ) , and the eventual creation of the pleasant land — the green , the promised . |