Example sentences of "that be just a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Because that is just a pile of shit
2 All that is just a function of X whatever number X is X is for .
3 Many people think that is just a waste of time .
4 I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available .
5 That 's just a trick of the eyesight .
6 But that 's just a way of changing key .
7 By nature , it is wet and that 's , that 's just a feature of water .
8 that 's just a smir of rain .
9 That 's just a note of what we just did .
10 and he ends up with Creme Eggs and then proper eggs and that and I thought that 's just a waste of money at his age cos when Easter comes up , four weeks after he 's seventeen .
11 If you compare it with other departments , if you talk to people who do English and stuff , and they know all their tutors by their first names ; I mean , it 's nothing like that here , it 's all Dr So-and-So — I mean , half the lecturers , I did n't even know what their second names were , let alone their first names — maybe that 's just a result of physics , nothing to do with them .
12 Well that 's just no that 's I think that 's just a renewal of vows .
13 I actually mar marked twelve closed questions as it so happened but that 's , that 's neither here nor there , that 's ju that 's just a point of reference .
14 It 's a fairly safe bet that the ASB will be heavily criticised in five years ' time in any case ; that 's just a fact of life that standard-setters in the UK have to accept .
15 That 's just a taste of the song .
16 So for all these journalists to cry foul because they 're not being given a plane and they 're not being allowed to fly in — I think that 's just a bunch of bullshit .
17 I hate to listen to guitarists rattle off rubbish about ‘ the only thing that matters is the story of the song ’ because that 's just a bunch of crap !
18 That 's just a figure of speech .
19 Erm , that 's not a change of any one book , that 's just a replacement of one book by another .
20 Oh , but of course , ’ she added harshly , ‘ I forgot ; that was just a whim on your part , was n't it ?
21 In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion .
22 and that was just a bowl of soup and a , a roll
23 People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths .
24 Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway
25 That was just a figure of speech , ’ said the doctor .
26 Oh well , that was just a waste of break .
27 Erm , oh god , the next item is the Essex Region and erm that was just a report from Norfolk on the success of it .
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