Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [be] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it is hot , it is very hot ; but mostly it is just wet . |
| 2 | But perhaps she was just short of sleep : there were other ways of looking at it . |
| 3 | I dare say their dabblings in a wide pool of indie noise styles would gel more effectively on record , but tonight it 's just directionless and dull . |
| 4 | ‘ But really we 're just happy that he 's still alive . |
| 5 | Zagrat were the most popular band of the headster time , but now they 're just embarrassing . ’ |
| 6 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 7 | I reckon she 's overly keen on coke and spends too much time in clubs , but maybe I 'm just jealous ; my cub-reporter status on the Caley and the triumph-of-miniaturisation salary that goes with it make habits that expensive out of the question . |
| 8 | We thought that there would be something in it , but instead there were just bland generalities . |