Example sentences of "[noun] had 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mr Gough said that the merger discussions had been completed in just three weeks . |
| 4 | A log fire crackled in the hearth and two capped braziers had been moved in just inside the door . |
| 5 | The Tories had been talking about just such a move in opposition . |