Example sentences of "was [verb] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | 30th March 1808 ‘ saw a woman on Blackfriar 's Bridge who had just been killed by a horse which had run away — the horse was stopped just about half way between that market and the bridge , drank tea and supped with Mr. Hills — Mr. Pyne was there — met Mr. Reinagle ’ . |
| 2 | Luckily , this example of bureaucracy gone mad was stopped just in time by Kenneth Clarke , who was watching cricket at Trent Bridge and got a call on his mobile phone about Johan 's case . |
| 3 | America , having no domestic jet development programme to match either of these two aircraft , was struggling just to keep up with large French and British orders of existing fighters and light bombers let alone worry about ‘ jets ’ . |
| 4 | His hands were careful and restrained , his mouth tender , and although only a very short while later , Cassie was to realize just how much self-control he had exerted at that moment of their first real physical contact , for those few minutes , she knew only that she was not afraid of him , nor even suspected that there was any need to be . |
| 5 | By January , the navy had already taken over the oil fields from striking oil workers and was producing just under a third of normal output , . |
| 6 | For most of them the ‘ arena , was formed just by swinging a huge articulated truck across one end of the street . |
| 7 | The team was formed just over two years ago under the tuition of Margaret Charlwood and made its first public appearance at Crystal Palace in November 1981 . |
| 8 | He was using just a small group — a sax player , a keyboard player , bass and drums , as I recall — and he was really wailing . |
| 9 | The sporting world is full of fairy tales … but if the name of Samantha Raeisi ever reaches the headlines its going to be quite a story … she 's from Swindon … she 's a mum … she 's a model … and a few years ago she was given just a few weeks to live … |
| 10 | Earlier this month Mr Harris was given just a few days to live but for now his illness seems to have regressed . |
| 11 | A TEENAGER was given just six hours to live after taking an ecstasy tablet , a court heard yesterday . |
| 12 | The idea was to see just how far £250 would go … |
| 13 | The jeep stopped at a caravan that was situated just off the path and under two trees . |
| 14 | Be that as it may , the first permanent construction was a fort of Agricolan date , whose south gate was situated just south of Annetwell Street , implying that the larger part of the fort lay towards the area of the castle . |
| 15 | Check when Christmas cards and special lines will be delivered ( the order was placed just after Easter ) . |
| 16 | An oesophageal tube was placed just above the obstacle under fluoroscopic guidance to drain the saliva . |
| 17 | Soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Light Infantry Regiment carried the body of their colleague into the same church where he was baptised just over eighteen years ago . |
| 18 | In 1860 the present Thomas Street Church was completed just after the 1859 Revival . |
| 19 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 20 | It was only just finished in time : according to Constanze , the overture ( the last section to be composed ) was completed just two days before the premiere . |
| 21 | The book was completed just in time for him to dedicate it to King Charles II at the Restoration . |
| 22 | Above : The elegant dining room was completed just before the quads were born . |
| 23 | The skull was broken just above and behind the left temple , with what looked like a single blow , though of that he could not be sure . |
| 24 | By this time it was severed just around the corner from Staveley Town South Junction . |
| 25 | He was walking just ahead of her now , checking out the trail in the darkness . |
| 26 | Watergate was to provide just such an opportunity . |
| 27 | I used to get a pretty good idea of what was to come just from the way they shook hands with a grown-up . |
| 28 | I was charged with wilful damage and assault and was fined just £100 , equivalent to the penalty for a serious speeding offence . |
| 29 | Cottee was fined just over £6,000 last night for his outburst — the equivalent of two weeks ' wages . |
| 30 | AN outraged couple are writing to the Prime Minister after a teenage drink driver who wrecked their £9,000 dream car was fined just £22 . |