Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This comprises , quite simply , one or more pieces of paper on which are typed details of forthcoming gigs , record releases or just general bits of news and information relating to individual artists . |
| 2 | erm the ladies who are a bit obese and get all the sympathy you get all so skin or just skinny and suddenly you try to put on some weight , you just ca n't . |
| 3 | My main one has got a really thin neck , while the other has a huge neck and sounds either dead bassy or just disgusting . |
| 4 | Extending this principle a little further , each one of these types expects a certain reaction from their chosen victim — perhaps terror , disgust , humiliation or just stunned silence . |
| 5 | SELFRIDGES £3.75 for eight ( 47p each ) : Very traditional with a nice brown crust and just wonky enough so people can get away with claiming they baked it themselves . |
| 6 | All I did , all me and my mate did was sit there all day Sun Saturday and just fucking veg out in front of the telly . |
| 7 | It was an effort to move their legs but just possible , and they edged forward , past Mr Chan and Steve , past a couple of policemen — all looking as if their real selves were somewhere else and only their bodies were on Monument Hill , held immobile just as the cars were . |
| 8 | It may be no coincidence that just prior to this the Criminal Justice Act 1988 reduced the unauthorised taking of motor vehicles to a summary offence , triable only at magistrates courts . |
| 9 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 10 | Many had started off working in the field as social workers , teachers , architects , planners or just plain clerks . |
| 11 | Call it a fictional biography , a historical fantasy or just plain lies . |
| 12 | There is a central role for specialists who can integrate the formal with the informal , who are able to influence the centres of power , and are committed more closely to the missions of the NHS than just financial reward . |
| 13 | There is hardly a protuberance to disturb the airflow , save for two half-pear-shaped castings ( the step to wither wingwalk , ) , and small pairs of lifting handles by the tailplane and just aft of the cabin for the purpose of getting in . |
| 14 | A passing student doctor clipped and tied the umbilical cord for her , and told her the baby was a girl and just fine . |
| 15 | 1 Cook the cauliflower in a pan of boiling , salted water for 6–8 minutes until just tender . |
| 16 | 1 Heat the butter and stir fry the courgettes , red peppers , sweetcorn and garlic over a high heat for 4–5 minutes until just tender , then add sugar and seasoning . |
| 17 | But it is so poorly executed , muddled in its narrative and just plain old-fashioned dull that the screening I went to was soon humming with critical snores . |
| 18 | The problem is blamed on the land users themselves , who are seen to have mismanaged the environment because of lack of environmental awareness , ignorance , apathy and just plain laziness . |
| 19 | The story of National guitars is a mind-bendingly complicated one , full of arguments , company takeovers , mergers and just plain confusion . |
| 20 | Steam the vegetables until just tender , or cook briefly in boiling , salted water . |
| 21 | Local fluctuations in price are usually short-lived , and the result of a recent surfeit or scarcity of sales in a particular market ; this may affect either rugs in general or just specific groups . |
| 22 | Even accidents are not necessarily purely environmental since ‘ accident-proneness ’ can have inherited components , and any accident involves the mental and emotional state of the victim at the time of the accident or just prior to it ( state of alertness , for instance ) , as well as the occurrence itself . |
| 23 | Horse manure , horse muck or just plain horse shit , depending on your susceptibilities , was a much needed and highly effective fertiliser for the allotments , and so from an early age a daily chore was to keep an eye open for droppings , grab your shovel and bucket and run out to scoop it up . |
| 24 | Whether you need a pattern for a tiny baby or a large adult , for tuck stitch , slip stitch , lace , Fair Isle , garter stitch , intarsia or just plain stocking stitch . |
| 25 | As with me , they are either ex-crewmen , or the relatives of drivers or school children studying the history of transport or just plain old nostalgia buffs . |
| 26 | Everything was out in the open — political resistance , management failings and just sheer inertia . |
| 27 | work on the coal boats and just different things like that . |
| 28 | Short of cash while just short of Cairo , Palin reached them from the ship . |
| 29 | Yet , as the champagne flows and the cheers resound , as diamonds and pearls shimmer on black dresses and white-gloved waiters slice their way through the crowd with continuous supplies of Bucks Fizz or just straight champagne , there does n't seem to be much love for particular MPs . |
| 30 | They make up a group of institutions which has been described as the ‘ third force ’ in higher education , alongside the universities and polytechnics , and are known variously as colleges of higher education , institutes of higher education , colleges of education or just plain colleges . |