Example sentences of "just about the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 I started to read newspapers and magazines more , and , for just about the first time in my life , I began to take an interest in current affairs .
2 During the Thirties when we were all in the big bands , I remember the really fiery jazz clarinet he used to play with us in the Bag O' Nails , just about the first jazz club in Britain . ’
3 He 'd looked round and it had seemed like just about the first place he 'd seen , and some part of him deep down had said : It 's got to be somewhere , why not here ?
4 Ian Rush fed the ball to Steve McManaman , who for just about the first time was decisive with his delivery , hitting the ball low across the face of the goal , and there was Walters at the far post to tap it in .
5 There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature .
6 ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man :
7 A rising shot by Sheringham , tipped over by Chamberlain after 36 minutes , was just about the last moment of anxiety for Luton .
8 Almost everything about the French mood in 1945 suggests that unqualified independence was just about the last thing that anyone envisaged for any part of the French colonial empire .
9 Just about the last thing she wanted to see a noisy film all about Rock ‘ n Roll .
10 " … over backwards to accommodate you , but it really does look , I 'm afraid , as though this incident with the canal and the cat has to be just about the last straw , ah Steve , I understand from Mr Ashton here — " Smith nodded at the older man , who pursed his lips and nodded back , " — that Mr ah …
11 Now , thinking just about the last few weeks about how many hours a week , on average , have you spent reading books for pleasure ?
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