Example sentences of "just about [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And above all there 's Juliette Greco singing Si tu t'imagines , which is a Raymond Queneau poem , and Sartre 's Rue des Blancs Manteaux , perhaps the worst pop lyric ever , which she just about manages to save . |
| 2 | Ian Cocking just about manages to persuade the council that the ramp is worth keeping so the ramp is fixed up but a botch job on one piece of coping makes any trick other then just plain rock 'n' rolls virtually impossible . |
| 3 | He just about owns poor Daniele ever since that business with the drugs , not to mention those photographs he has of Silvio … ’ |
| 4 | The desktop casing just about qualifies as a server box . |
| 5 | Lindy Alexander is authentically ghastly as the New Age Californian and director Lisa Forrell just about keeps this rocky horror show on the road . |
| 6 | Bamford Hunt just about keeps going , nearly broke . |
| 7 | Neither pleasingly accelerative nor particularly sporting , it just about passes as a sporting saloon . |
| 8 | Well , it just about passes . |
| 9 | This is not just about forms ; it is about telling people about all the available services , explaining properly how to use them and what to do when things go wrong . |
| 10 | That just about says it all . |
| 11 | Looking back to the start of the day , cold and frosty just about says it all . |
| 12 | With funds of about £150,000 from the district and regional councils and a similar amount from the private sector , the event ‘ just about breaks even ’ each year , a spokesman said . |
| 13 | Papa left him reasonably well provided for through more orthodox investments , but I imagine it just about breaks even . |
| 14 | He just about takes the biscuit . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , that just about takes the — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think we 're just about quits now , do n't you ? |
| 17 | ‘ That just about does it ! ’ growled Hrun . |
| 18 | ‘ That just about does it ! ’ she hissed . |
| 19 | He just about gets away with it as a teenager in long shot and make-up , but mostly he is heard ( putting on a ‘ young ’ voice ) and not seen . |
| 20 | In a bumper month Stephen King 's Gerald 's Game ( NEL , £5.99 ) just about gets the nod , but he 's hard pressed by Terry Pratchett 's latest Discworld paperback , Small Gods ( Corgi , £4.99 ) . |
| 21 | Steve Kerton is one of the few professional drivers on the circuit … he just about survives on sponsorship … you see there are no big bucks in this sport … no national glory … take Kerton he 's to powerboating what Mansell is to motor racing … well in name only … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Should it be so decided , the first thing under review will be the road system which just about copes with the present traffic . |
| 24 | ‘ Doc Hollywood ’ just about cruises past on the amiability of the cast . |
| 25 | That just about wraps it up . |
| 26 | This poor self-image is clearly not just about looks but also about identity and worth — whether you are ‘ worth anything ’ , whether your problems are serious or important enough to trouble anyone with . |
| 27 | ‘ That just about gives me time to make myself look presentable . ’ |
| 28 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 29 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 30 | Yep , that just about sums up what we do on the way to the cairn , hence the use of the word climb in trying to convey to a companion exactly what it is you expect them to do when they get out of the car . |