Example sentences of "was just about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 2 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 3 | With its two twin towers of baroque grey stone , it was just about the only building in Moon Beach that was n't either white or pale-blue . |
| 4 | That was just about the only way a girl could get any equal action time , if her boyfriend was behind bars . ’ |
| 5 | There were three Sixes , and Trusty was just about the best Guider any Pack could wish for . |
| 6 | Major Bugler was just about the best of these on the level — winning a competitive handicap at Ascot in October . |
| 7 | And as it turned out , staying inside Armstrong was just about the cleverest thing I did that night . |
| 8 | Sandy thought his 68 was just about the worst he could have got out of the round , driving like that . |
| 9 | This 6.30 a.m. walk to breakfast was just about the worst part of the day , when my morale was low and thoughts of home rose painfully . |
| 10 | 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 : |
| 11 | A rising shot by Sheringham , tipped over by Chamberlain after 36 minutes , was just about the last moment of anxiety for Luton . |
| 12 | 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 . |