Example sentences of "[vb -s] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funnyman Eddie Large , who lives just a few miles away from The Price Is Right star , said : ‘ We 've been friends for 20 years and he 's one of the nicest men I know . |
| 2 | Now , 18 days after the attacker was put behind bars , he 's been allowed to return home for a visit and he lives just a few doors away from the Strongs . |
| 3 | How come we can send a spacecraft to Venus or write the Bible on a microchip yet remain incapable of operating a sophisticated transportation network when the temperature drops just a few degrees below zero ? |
| 4 | Allowing for the vagaries of memory , plus some very likely embellishing in the way Whitaker recounted the tale to his , then , fiancee , it is possible that the above tale contains just a couple of overt simplifications . |
| 5 | No one , in this cast of hundreds , has just a walk-on part : a role in just one Goldwyn film entitles us to the full biography of Frances Farmer , from winning a teenage essay competition to her eventual confinement in an asylum . |
| 6 | It has just a switch and a lamp for each of the 16 things ( or groups of things ) under control . |
| 7 | Recall , the node has just a finite ( though large ) set of inputs si , and each input can only be 0 or 1 . |
| 8 | She earns between $800 and $1,000 a month , lives in one furnished room , and has just a few possessions of her own . |
| 9 | The park is part of a large complex which has just a single access onto the busy main road . |
| 10 | But then when it goes just a little bit further . |
| 11 | I mean Neville Brody 's work , I think maybe goes just a little deeper than just a , you know , flourish , but I am not sure where he 's going with it . |
| 12 | The device costs just a few pence and is ready for commercial production . |
| 13 | Running on paraffin , it costs just a few pence a day to run , and there is sufficient fuel for five to seven days continuous use , whilst radiating 170 BTU 's of heat stored in the 0.5 litre capacity base . |
| 14 | All of this costs just a fiver . |
| 15 | If in Orpheus everyone sound just a fraction less involved in the proceedings , this is partly because the music itself elicits a certain degree of emotional detachment . |
| 16 | Example 132 shows just a few melodies of contrasting types : |
| 17 | A suitable kit includes just a few sheets of basic information about collecting children from playgrounds , marking registers , assembly times , break times , discipline and marking policies , a list of staff and their responsibilities and a sketch map locating various key areas in the school — particularly the location of the staff toilets ! |
| 18 | That is , it includes just a set of conditions such that if the set existed , so did the effect , and still would have even if certain other conditions or events had also existed . |
| 19 | Perhaps again , it lacks just a little bit of sharpness which you 've lost . |
| 20 | How will the manager of ‘ Jean 's salon ’ react , for example , when ‘ Hairstyles UK ’ opens just a few doors away ? |
| 21 | While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly . |
| 22 | On the tips it takes just a few years . |
| 23 | Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium . |
| 24 | It takes just a second to put on my leathers . ’ |
| 25 | It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes . |
| 26 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 27 | ‘ If everyone takes just a small step forward the overall effect is quite dramatic , ’ said Mr Stocks . |
| 28 | My one , half-hearted reservation is that there seems just a hint that the ‘ rural ’ artist with his scenes of idyllic country peace has an easier task . |
| 29 | Well it seems just a little bit unfair but I 'm sure I could put up with it . |
| 30 | At modest speeds , everything feels just a little inert and aloof . |