Example sentences of "[was/were] just [art] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 It was just a question of time .
2 It was just a matter of time .
3 And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself .
4 They were an obvious foursome from the beginning , and it was just a matter of time until they paired off .
5 It was just a matter of time , Ross could see that .
6 He knew he was a dead man , no matter what happened — it was just a matter of time .
7 It was just a matter of time before she showed her true feelings , I was sure of that .
8 All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time .
9 Well there was a it was such a job at that time you could n't get work and we , we used to genuinely look for work every day , but it was just a waste of time .
10 And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time .
11 I just felt that journalistic — well , editorial licence would mean that that would get chopped about anyway so it was just a waste of time to rewrite it .
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