Example sentences of "[adj] was just [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 2 | Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy . |
| 3 | ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting . |
| 4 | This was just a continuation of the baseline . |
| 5 | er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for . |
| 6 | ‘ Little did I know that this was just the tip of an Iceberg , frozen on chat shows , enlarged on British Telecom commercials and now floating treacherously towards me . |
| 7 | The report acknowledged , however , that this was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 8 | And we 've now reached a situation in which there 's something over twenty percent of our streets is multiple occupation , erm and this is noise and other activities in relation to that are the things that cause the sort of low level of concern , and this was just the peak on top of that of major aggravation . |
| 9 | This was just the type of craft possessed by Jack Williamson , the percussion sideman with most of the CBR orchestras , and one Sunday he invited the Windrush crowd for a cruise up Howe Sound and Squamish Inlet to Bowen Island . |
| 10 | But for all Dwyer 's optimism , this was just the sort of loose game in which the Wallabies excel and , although they have undoubted talent , the youngsters are going to find things considerably tighter in France . |
| 11 | Earlier that morning Wexford had quoted Justice Shallow and now , as he contemplated Jolyon Vigo 's house , he thought that this was just the sort of place Shallow might have lived in . |
| 12 | This was just the sort of thing Henry wanted to read . |
| 13 | This was just the sort of attitude the paper wanted — in another context it would have been a good news story . |
| 14 | This was just the sort of thing — a secret service playing God — that usually had George registering y on the Richter Scale . |
| 15 | The ‘ lights out ’ issue in December 1984 was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 16 | If you looked at it philosophically , the whole thing about big and small was just a matter of size . |
| 17 | Oh , but of course , ’ she added harshly , ‘ I forgot ; that was just a whim on your part , was n't it ? |
| 18 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 19 | and that was just a bowl of soup and a , a roll |
| 20 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 21 | Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway |
| 22 | ‘ That was just a figure of speech , ’ said the doctor . |
| 23 | Oh well , that was just a waste of break . |
| 24 | Erm , oh god , the next item is the Essex Region and erm that was just a report from Norfolk on the success of it . |
| 25 | That was just the opposite of Roux 's result and was the first clear demonstration of the process known as regulation : the ability of the embryo to develop normally even when some portions are removed or rearranged . |
| 26 | That was just the result of fatigue . |
| 27 | AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE . |