Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] just about [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should just about have finished at the hairdresser 's by then . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know , I might just about copy this out . |
| 3 | But I could just about fit in going . |
| 4 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 5 | I do n't know if I 'm going to , lets see what else is on , Jagged Edge is on I might watch that instead , oh god its still time , I could , yes I think I could just about give that a wide enough berth |
| 6 | I could just about cope with Big Ben in my living room , but the miniature Alastair Burnett would worry me a little I think . |
| 7 | I could just about twitch my fingers , but certainly could n't pick anything up . |
| 8 | I could just about hear Carter in the far reaches of my mind . |
| 9 | I said that I thought I could just about get my act together sufficiently to come . |
| 10 | I could just about get mine on it . |
| 11 | I think I would just about give up over that . |
| 12 | I thought I would just about pass muster . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Slachman 's stuck in traffic , but I can just about fit you in . |
| 15 | yeah , he , he said oh I can just about fit you in , I said oh that 's good because otherwise er I said to my friend that will be coming back to her house instead . |
| 16 | I can just about split it with × 20 , but not easily . |
| 17 | In a good light , I can just about tell white from red . |
| 18 | No , I can , I can just about bear the in June not a |
| 19 | Most of its stars are bluish-white , but there is one red supergiant which stands out ; I can just about detect its colour with × 12 , though admittedly a telescope is needed to show the cluster in its full splendour . |
| 20 | I think I can just about manage whisky . ’ |
| 21 | " I think I can just about manage that . " |
| 22 | ‘ Look , Mum , ’ he said , ‘ I can just about stand Christmas dinner as a family get-together . |
| 23 | Intellectually I can just about accept that violence is salutary , that violence is good . |
| 24 | I can just about remember my own , but I do n't rack up the angst if I have to extract the address book and look up Oliver Russell in it . |
| 25 | Well , that 's probably right erm I can just about remember it and you know as a child , and it did n't really sink in , it was some years afterwards before it actually sank in exactly what had been going on |
| 26 | I can just about get down here of a morning and then I 'm stuck until someone gives me a' and up , which they do n't want to be doing too often , do they dear ? " |
| 27 | I can just about get in behind without blowing myself up I think . |
| 28 | One student had a Citroen Visa , which I immediately assumed was the GTi version — Peugeot 205 kit in a Peugeot 104 chassis — and the sort of lukewarm hatch I can just about afford now . |
| 29 | I can just about see that B & B we had in Tobermory , and — hang on a minute … |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I can just about see the cemetery up there . ’ |