Example sentences of "had just about " in BNC.

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1 I had just about reached the stairs , when suddenly a white door to my right burst open and a group of students tumbled out , shrieking with laughter .
2 I was doing my third week as a young crime reporter and had just about finished my second and last story of the day when the phone rang .
3 I picked up reasonable speed and had just about regained my composure when a hand appeared on my left shoulder from behind !
4 I thought I had just about run the gamut of sexual experiences , but nothing like this had ever happened to me before .
5 She had just about finished , when she began to make out footsteps approaching from deeper in the maze of drums .
6 Tony rang Kate 's parents to tell them to come round ( they were going to look after 2½-year-old William ) and , by the time they arrived , Kate had just about finished her bath .
7 " Yes , the tide had just about turned when I got there .
8 And for a few years it had just about done so .
9 Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number .
10 Fortunately we had just about recovered in time for the practical session .
11 I had just about run myself dry of duff funnies regarding the trusty Smith and Whatsaname .
12 And that had just about been that !
13 The crossing to Ostend was uneventful , with Fabia , when not hoping with all she had that everything would be all right with Barney , trying to come to terms with the fact that , despite having an innate aversion to lies and deception , she had just about agreed to practise both .
14 Fabia had just about succeeded when her telephone rang .
15 I had just about enough , and added one or two others , and we decided to go ahead with it . ’
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