Example sentences of "[adj] was just [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The £917m it made in 1991 was just 3pc down on the previous year 's £945m . |
| 2 | Total prize money in 1975 was just £700,000 a figure that Nick Faldo has exceeded on his own this year . |
| 3 | Despite recession , the pre-tax total of £801 million was just £151 million short of the record profits struck in 1989 and the new chairman , Sir Robin Ibbs , said : ‘ One has to be a super pessimist to think the current year will be worse than the last one , ’ though he warned that ‘ it is too soon for me to predict the extent or timing of the recovery ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ We were n't in helicopters ourselves — that was just Steve 's band and Eric 's band , because they were going straight back to Chicago . |
| 5 | That was just slavery . |
| 6 | Mhm , that was just part of the job then |
| 7 | I know I did n't realize that was just Lee . |
| 8 | And that was just potatoes and eggs was n't it ? |
| 9 | And that was just birthday |
| 10 | ‘ Someone did ask us for some nude photos as well , ’ frowns Sam , desperately , ‘ But I reckon that was just people trying it on more than anything else . ’ |
| 11 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 12 | That was just Debbie 's little aberration . |
| 13 | Erm but that was just group leader stuff really . |
| 14 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 15 | When she had been at art college , but that was just kids hunting for trophies , and they had n't meant a toss to her . |