Example sentences of "just about [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried eating a sandwich with my second cup of tea and I just about managed it . |
| 2 | And he just about managed to make out the three words uttered by Sheriff James Farrell : ‘ You are discharged . ’ |
| 3 | And she just about managed it . |
| 4 | and they just about managed did n't they with the ? |
| 5 | After pipping Swedish pair Per-Ulrik Johansson and Fredrik Lindgren , by one shot , thanks to birdies at the last two holes , he said : ‘ I was so far away I just about saw the ball disappear . |
| 6 | They just about levelled our Front Line with that bombardment . ’ |
| 7 | And then she slopped herself down , got a fag and just about choked me and Auntie Alice out and then she did start to speak . |
| 8 | Hmm , well , okay , last night Mickey , you and I just about wrote off Lester Piggott 's career , and er today , well inside the last furlong of er one of his three races I believe today , this is how Rapid Raceline 's course commentator John Penny , saw the closing stages . |
| 9 | Prof. Wylie told Humphrey he 'd have to renew Theo 's fellowship — ca n't lose two senior lecturers at once , you know — and Humphrey just about blew a gasket . |
| 10 | when you just about had me summed up |
| 11 | When Hughie was picked as the person to head the project he just about had his suitcases packed for Sarawak . |
| 12 | OLDHAM just about had the edge early on but Port took the lead in the 39th minute when Jamie Williams volleyed home from a corner . |
| 13 | and then er , so by half past four I just about had enough like , so five o'clock I said well for Christ sake come on open your stocking now like and waking Arthur up and he saying well I ai n't , and I said come on it 's five o'clock , alright , and by six o'clock we 're downstairs , half past six the door |
| 14 | Just about had enough of this shite ! |
| 15 | I could n't believe that he just about had the audacity to phone this guy up . |
| 16 | Why had she felt so — so vulnerable , so edgy with him , that , when Cara was so desperate for her to do that interview , she had by her uppity manner just about said goodbye to all chance of that . |
| 17 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
| 18 | ‘ I was one of their less incandescent members of staff — they just about kicked me out actually . ’ |
| 19 | That looks just about finished that okay . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah doubt this fuckin' place has even heard o ’ primavera , ’ Ward said in his foulest Glaswegian , and that just about summed it up . |
| 21 | That just about summed it up . |
| 22 | Millwall just about deserved to take the spoils for their stirring second-half fightback and their performance must have cheered those fans who were furious at the £1m sale of forward Chris Armstrong to Crystal Palace . |
| 23 | Cliftonville , with a defence well marshalled by Marty Tabb , a strong running mid-field and dangerous strikers just about deserved to win this one and top the group . |
| 24 | Both teams were somewhat weakened for this visit of Lansdowne to Eaton Park but Ballymena just about deserved their narrow 3–0 win , the only score of the game , a penalty by Derek McAleese coming midway through the second half . |
| 25 | Sunderland again rose to the occasion against better opposition and just about deserved to get the points to ease their relegation worries considerably . |
| 26 | At the end of the day , however , Celtic just about deserved their triumph , though Dundee made them fight every inch of the way . |
| 27 | ‘ I think we just about ran out of alleyway , Barry . |
| 28 | The Crown just about reached its target of £260,000 from this device . |
| 29 | So they 're , just about sorted I think . |
| 30 | ( 141 ) She just about made me carry her upstairs and then she clung to me … |