Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in just " in BNC.
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| 1 | 157 Megabytes of files on our Victor V486M 's 200 Mb hard disk were checked in just 47 seconds — now that 's moving ! |
| 2 | Mitsubishi 's GSR Evolution rally weapon met its three-month sales target in record time — 2500 cars were sold in just three days ! |
| 3 | Police , with riot gear on standby , were called in just after 1am this morning . |
| 4 | NEARLY 400 cattle were auctioned in just one hour without the animals , vendors or buyers going off to market when the first sale of fat stock by satellite television went on screen . |
| 5 | A combination of a well planned and executed programme , better than expected weather and operational benefits derived from onboard data processing meant that a planned two-summer programme was completed in just 4½ months . |
| 6 | It has often been asserted that England was favoured in just such a way on the eve of her industrial revolution . |
| 7 | Prior to the nineteenth century the English word " family " was used in just this way to denote the members of a household , especially the servants , who , in the more affluent social classes , always greatly outnumbered the inner kin-group of parents and children . |
| 8 | In the major eruption of Laki in Iceland in 1783 over 10 km 3 of lava was produced in just 50 days , and it spread to eventually cover an area of 370 km 2 . |
| 9 | The MFG/Pro system , adopted by Courtaulds internationally , was introduced in just two-and-a-half months by Baricol 's , working with , from Courtaulds Packaging head office at Colchester . |
| 10 | A total of 238 occupied breeding territories was found in just over half the county , and birds were found in another 71 localities in the breeding season , where evidence of a definitely occupied breeding territory was not obtained . |
| 11 | All this was set in just about one acre . |
| 12 | Buzz , in Beaumont Street , a ‘ fun venue for 18–30-year-olds ’ was created in just eight weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ All this was achieved in just seven weeks from start to finish , ’ adds Pomfret . |
| 14 | The LP was recorded in just six weeks and the band snubbed luxuries like the studio 's swimming pool . |