Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 2 | At first the Palace asked for just a thousand exclusive ties to be made . |
| 3 | From forty thousand pounds worth of designer garden to patio displays for just a few pounds — there 's something for everyone . |
| 4 | Agatha Christie recounts in An Autobiography how , when she was on the point of creating Poirot , she toyed for just a little with the notion of a schoolboy detective . |
| 5 | But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time . |
| 6 | Looks like just a test strip . |
| 7 | A complete feeling of misery swept over Robyn , mixed with just a hint of panic , as she really began to despair that she had read her own instructions correctly and would never reach the barn or even civilisation again . |
| 8 | Thus the GSM pre-filter which it is claimed with just a litre of Siporax will not just filter , but perform complete filtration for 20 fish 12″ long , and with room for three litres will filter to 70 fish 12″ long . |
| 9 | He told Mr Maclean : ‘ It is unacceptable that one quarter of the annual authorisation of particular radio nucleids should be discharged in just a 24-hour period . |
| 10 | Indeed , in the best of all possible media worlds , all rapes and sexual assaults would be committed by just a few sexual maniacs and the press could then help to orchestrate the national search against these declared aliens in our midst . |
| 11 | However , only one in nine households is ‘ typical ’ , most consisting of just a man and a woman . |
| 12 | ‘ Charlotte can think of just a handful of resorts that offer the best skiing for all standards … ’ etc . |
| 13 | No no no it 's a well taken goal and and that 's that 's what he was looking for just a little touch on . |
| 14 | Ireland now face defending champions Scotland this morning with the Scots looking for just a draw to retain their title . |
| 15 | For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays . |
| 16 | The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for . |
| 17 | Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish . |
| 18 | Teesside counsellor Cricket Kemp tells of a couple who suffered from just a simple misunderstanding . |
| 19 | As a consequence of casual labour the actual take-home pay , irrespective of the rate of payment , could be pitifully small , ranging from just a few coppers in a month to the best wages of all the men on the machines and , top of the league , the head dresser . |
| 20 | Erm , you know , maybe it 's something we can do in just a one off during the winter |
| 21 | Also it is changing from having tools made in many small workshops all over the country , to having machines made in just a few large factories . |
| 22 | If , for example , there are 20 districts , it means that C 1 can grow at just a shade over one-twentieth the rate of growth of total expenditures and the condition for ON to exceed OP will be met . |
| 23 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 24 | Last night , a move to introduce such a scheme was defeated by just a dozen votes . |
| 25 | ‘ This is n't as lot of work if many people are involved , but it can not be done by just a handful . ’ |
| 26 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 27 | Investment decisions made by just a few organisations can make or break a Supplier . |
| 28 | It is not , as some people still believe , an almost magical power possessed by just a few . |
| 29 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 30 | Keep going for just a little longer and then I will have someone else take over . ’ |