Example sentences of "was [to-vb] just " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	The idea was to see just how far £250 would go …
3	Watergate was to provide just such an opportunity .
4	I used to get a pretty good idea of what was to come just from the way they shook hands with a grown-up .
5	The aim of the USRC was to create just such an impression as Disraeli had done — that Unionist action would be worth more than Liberal words — and they often quoted him with pride .
6	‘ The first thing I wanted to do when I learned to play the guitar was to play just like the Banshees ’ guitarists , ’ recalls Debbie , having moved on to her second pint of Ireland 's finest .
7	things would not move much further until they were given a determined push , and MT Crosland was to do just that .
8	He had a hand-picked team whose sole function was to do just that .
9	It did n't matter then how much work there was to do just give a yelp
10	Group 1 was to land at Hollevik on the island 's south shore , to clear a known defence point and villages a mile to a mile and a half from the town of South Vaagsö , and then move in support of Group 2 , which was to land just south of the town and capture it .
11	The idea was to demonstrate just how much school meals have changed since today 's parents went to school .
12	Her cousin Elizabeth of Dorking 's £20 legacy was to arrive just too late to be of any comfort to her , and she died in the September , aged sixty-five .
13	Watching herself very carefully as the shaping increased at the neck , she realised how easy it was to stop just short by an inch or so and not clear the selector .

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