Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] just a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing around , waiting for the police to arrive , the resident and the intern made bets on whether the case would be a real emergency or just a teenager who had swallowed too much aspirin . |
| 2 | Short hair or long hair or just a man ? |
| 3 | They are run by Japanese , the real decisions are taken at head office , foreigners have no chance of promotion , and all the fancy design work is done at home , leaving the overseas factory as just an assembly plant for imported components . |
| 4 | It is , however , a mistake to pigeon-hole Corinth as just a city of traders , craftsmen and luxury . |
| 5 | A similar DOE has been found in experiments by Edwards , Jagielo , Zentall and Hogan ( 1982 ) , who used different types of grain to differentiate the outcomes , and by Peterson and Trapold ( 1984 ) who presented ( in the correlated condition ) food after a correct response for one trial-type and just a feedback tone for a correct response for the other type of trial . |
| 6 | There has been little previous research into the origins of this group , nor into whether farm management is a career in its own right or just a stepping stone to becoming a tenant or owner-occupier . |
| 7 | So much good , fresh food can be had from a small space , at very modest cost and just an hour 's work a week . |
| 8 | It needed a really sharp edge and just a light brushing with the cutter to form some of these parts . |
| 9 | NEIL PROSSER , co-owner of four Chipie shops , likes the options the label offers : ‘ You can buy the whole look or just a T-shirt . ’ |
| 10 | The body is remarkably slight , measuring only 11¾″ at its widest point and just a smidge over 14½″ from strap peg to neckplate . |
| 11 | Armed with an excellent debut album , ‘ A Sonic Holiday ’ ( due for UK release soon ) , a sense of humour , a glam image and just a trace of youthful cockiness , this is a band to watch . |