Example sentences of "it [modal v] just about [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This one could , it could just about reach it over its paw and flicked it up and knocked on the door |
| 2 | Come to think of it , if the bus had started out from NZ at the start of last season , it could just about have delivered everyone to Southampton in time for the famous Away Win . |
| 3 | It was the cheapest , thinnest , shiniest material that Madge could find and she had told Therese it would just about last out the Season before you could start shooting peas through it . |
| 4 | You know , well over double your money , which is what a building society would have done , it would just about have doubled your money over ten . |
| 5 | The IMF is likely to refuse to lend any more money until the budget is settled , but the government hopes it will just about manage , helped by lower oil prices . |