Example sentences of "[det] was just a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Patrick Eggle assured me that this was just a spooky coincidence , and even that some players had remarked upon a tendency for the bottom string to slip off the bridge , so he was going to move it anyway . |
| 2 | Perhaps this was just a new form of indigestion . |
| 3 | ‘ This was just a small leak from a valve on the side of the tanker , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ This was just a small leak from a valve on the side of the tanker , ’ he said . |
| 5 | This was just a tempting addition to that . ’ |
| 6 | This was just a quick note . |
| 7 | But this was just a shrewd touch that came off . |
| 8 | And this was just a beaten track ? |
| 9 | ‘ No , that was just a clever ploy to tangle matters even further . |
| 10 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |
| 11 | Eh well that was just a fucking example ! |
| 12 | Old Saul was there before them , but that was just a one-off thing . |
| 13 | That was just a little bit of it . |
| 14 | It so happened that it turned out a good thing that it did n't get posted , but that was just a lucky chance . |