Example sentences of "[conj] was just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either Mr. Woodford had a twinkle in his eye or was just a good salesman , but the upshot was that he supplied my grandmother over many years , in his turn his son carried on and continued serving my mother , right up to 1949 when the Salisbury round had only two customers left . |
| 2 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 3 | She resented having to run out to the telephone , in the middle of this useful busyness , wasting time over something that was just a routine . |
| 4 | tying them up but when they went out to the end of the estuary that was just a case of get there first to get the job ? |
| 5 | ‘ No , no , there 's no difficulty at all , ’ the other man said in a voice that was just a shade too affable . |
| 6 | Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead |
| 7 | Set in the centre of the altar stone 's upper surface was a small depression that was just the right size for a normal-sized version of the device . |
| 8 | Every morning and evening he came and my wing got better , though it still hurt and was just a little crooked . |
| 9 | He said this with a certain measured diffidence , as though it meant nothing at all to him , and was just a casual observation . |
| 10 | Reviewing the seminar , Paul Murray said : ‘ Given the change in our portfolio , this important step in LASMO 's investor relations programme was both essential and effective and was just the first of such events — we will certainly be continuing this communications process in the future . ’ |