Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conference being of a very high level , the participants had been limited to just eighteen very distinguished gentlemen and two ladies — a German countess and the formidable Mrs Eleanor Austin , at that time still resident in Berlin ; but each of these might reasonably bring secretaries , valets and interpreters , and there proved no way of ascertaining the precise number of such persons to expect . |
| 2 | More traditional error correcting techniques can be used as a last resort , and if they are applied to just the top-rated candidate string this should avoid the potentially explosive problem . |
| 3 | Erm , and if we decide that we 're going to just kind of , as a result of a day like that , do three things or something like that , you know , erm I 'm not sure that that 's helpful but |
| 4 | Erm , otherwise I just think it 's very tricky when you , when you , when you try and take away the layers that you 're going to just end up with the one that you ca n't talk about anyway . |
| 5 | Well we 're told to just , just walk away . |
| 6 | I think what I 'm gon na do I 'm gon na go and stand in front of everybody while they 're trying to just to annoy them . |
| 7 | Also , her relationship with the accused man had been — I am wondering to just what extent — quite intimate . |
| 8 | A search of this size is impossible with the printed OED , where you are restricted to just those quotations including " love " which the original editors decided to put into the entry for " love " . |
| 9 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 10 | Andrews cost Saints £200,000 when he joined from Celtic three years ago but has been restricted to just five appearances as understudy to Tim Flowers and now wants to return to his native Midlands . |
| 11 | The tablets should be pressed to just below surface and the hole filled later |
| 12 | Because few tickets are available fans will be limited to just one pair of tickets each . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd like to think that I can offer useful opinions on other positions , and that I would n't be confined to just the back row , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The 80 emergency exchanges would be slashed to just three with the loss of 8,000 trained operators . |
| 15 | Ta very mooch again for the book & tape ( which I 'm listening to just now & it 's fab . ) |
| 16 | When I 'm good and ready , when I 'm fed and rested and calm and peaceful , I 'm going to just let my mind go right on back into the past , and I 'm going to remember everything there is to remember about my childhood . |
| 17 | So the hierarchy of colour , I 'm going to just kneel down there I hope you can all see . |
| 18 | I can understand but er I 'm , I 'm used to just going |
| 19 | There is a strong possibility that it will be reduced to just another global talkshop , with a succession of world leaders vying with each other for media-rich prizes in green rhetoric . |
| 20 | He has nearly 29pc of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21pc on flotation . |
| 21 | He has nearly 29% of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21% on flotation . |
| 22 | But making a fuss of Mum should n't be restricted to just one day of the year ! |
| 23 | This would embrace all the institutional players and allow for the rolling settlement system to be cut to just three days — in line with the systems in other international centres . |
| 24 | The seven full military bands of the Scottish regiments will be cut to just two , which will serve all units north of the border . |
| 25 | Bloody hell , I 'd even settle for a monthly but Punch should n't be allowed to just expire . |
| 26 | And , for your information , my life is n't chock-full of boys , as you seem to imply — ’ not at the moment , anyway , she thought ‘ — I happen to be engaged to just the one . ’ |
| 27 | Erm anyhow , this evening , I 'm proposing to just merely cover this particular area , particularly . |
| 28 | The same Rory she 'd been talking to just before he and his wife Harriet died . |
| 29 | One can not know what an adjective is being applied to just by considering its lexical meaning : the support of an adjective is defined by something outside the adjective 's own lexical content . |
| 30 | Here Owen is clearly asking whether men were made to just destroy themselves and nature . |