Example sentences of "[noun] have be [verb] [prep] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one site , the amount of coral had been halved in just three years . |
| 2 | Books have been written on just one aspect of one creature and yet have never reached the end of the story . |
| 3 | This place has been occupied by just about everyone you could name over the centuries . |
| 4 | Well you have to think , International Women 's Day has been going for just about a hundred years . |
| 5 | The conference being of a very high level , the participants had been limited to just eighteen very distinguished gentlemen and two ladies — a German countess and the formidable Mrs Eleanor Austin , at that time still resident in Berlin ; but each of these might reasonably bring secretaries , valets and interpreters , and there proved no way of ascertaining the precise number of such persons to expect . |
| 6 | The Rovertrail has been invented for just that situation ( and many others , of course . ) |
| 7 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 8 | Mr Gough said that the merger discussions had been completed in just three weeks . |
| 9 | A log fire crackled in the hearth and two capped braziers had been moved in just inside the door . |
| 10 | The Tories had been talking about just such a move in opposition . |