Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were amazed at just how much the archaeologist 's had missed , even using small trowels and brushes as they do . |
| 2 | One such person who a number of us were worried about just did not answer letters or telephone calls for over a year . |
| 3 | They were level for just two minutes though . |
| 4 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 5 | She loved him so much that it was painful to just stand there watching him , and her eyes filled with easy tears . |
| 6 | In my mind 's beady eye it was white with just a soupçon ( had I known the word soupçon ) of scarlet such as I 'd once seen June Allyson sport in a skating sequence in some Saturday morning picture . |
| 7 | And I went over , and I like , I went , my skis stayed on , and I like somersaulted over and my skis stayed on and I pulled the whole of my leg , it was black from just above my knee to there and it 's like just black my whole leg . |
| 8 | The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies . |
| 9 | Visibility was good with just a little light rain here and there . |
| 10 | I was awake for just a little while and I could tell — ’ |
| 11 | No I was awake at just before one . |
| 12 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 13 | William Connors had briefed him many times in the past , yet Delaney even now , was unsure of just where Connors fitted into the scheme of things . |
| 14 | During the war Peggy was one of just 17 women selected for the Air Transport Auxiliary … collecting and delivering aircraft around the country . |
| 15 | During the war Peggy was one of just 17 women selected for the Air Transport Auxiliary … collecting and delivering aircraft around the country . |
| 16 | It was one of just two services operating throughout the country . |
| 17 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 18 | Jim Stafford was one of just three Party workers mustered to persuade the market day masses ; that they were standing next to a van marked ‘ Richmond Fudge Co ’ was entirely coincidental . |
| 19 | The A66 was passable with just a light coating of snow . |
| 20 | The steel bars of the cage were enclosed by tarpaulin sheets to protect them from the elements , except for one side , which was open with just a simple lift bar to move before exit . |
| 21 | Now it was soothing to just sit out on the terrace and watch the night unfold . |