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

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1 Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ?
2 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 .
3 Female mammals are better at caring for their young without male assistance and , where it is necessary , there tends to be a larger group than just a single pair .
4 Was Crook Labour Coun Olive Brown 's emphasis on the need for young blood and new ideas a little sideswipe or just a straight forward plea for members ?
5 Yeah I mean if it 's somebody wanting to move a three-piece suite and just a few books , no , we 'd do it at the time .
6 They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it .
7 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 .
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