Example sentences of "just a quiet [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A SPUC conference generates little fundamentalist fervour , just a quiet earnestness and obedience to the call from the rostrum : ‘ We have ways of making you sign your commitment forms , ’ grinned John Smeaton , the grey-suited general secretary .
2 Not a preacher just a quiet believer .
3 She was still pondering this , as well as thinking about Faye Hamilton and the long difficult journey through pregnancy that lay ahead , when she became aware that Dr Russell was laughing to himself — just a quiet chuckle at first , but as he realised she was watching him and saw her bemused expression the sound grew to a full-throated and resonant guffaw .
4 Just a quiet acceptance and payment of tribute .
5 Well it was just a quiet wee village just I had come , was n't much different it was quiet as well .
6 Nothing nasty , no clever phrases , just a quiet probe into the situation .
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