Example sentences of "[was/were] just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recall how disappointed I was in the morning to discover that the pebbles I had collected so lovingly the evening before were just a pile of dull stones now that they had dried and were away from the beach . |
| 2 | So mm it were just a case of a flying visit cos we 've not seen you for nearly twelve months . |
| 3 | IRA bombs were just a taster |
| 4 | It would not matter so much if a Turkish president were just a figurehead . |
| 5 | ‘ If only it were just a story . ’ |
| 6 | Five year apprenticeship yes and er it was more or less labourer work you were just a boy and run and did messages and carried whatever the journeymen bakers wanted . |
| 7 | The potential to encourage lifestyle changes that would make retailing more environmentally sustainable are more limited than they were just a decade ago . |
| 8 | On the second sheet er of D One , the responsibility statement , er there were just a couple of boxes er ticked . |
| 9 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 10 | An eighteenth century travelling commode from the Duke and Duchess of Wellington , a pair of Georgian chairs from the people of Bermuda and wrought-iron gates from the neighbouring village of Tetbury were just a sample of the cornucopia of presents which had descended on the royal couple . |
| 11 | If you were just a lodger , coming and going in your own way , I 'd say it was none of my business . ’ |
| 12 | Er the reason we wan na get it right is because er this Superintendent , erm he 's obviously got his interests very much on it , and he 's he 's keen to know what our response is going to be , and if it were just a member of the public I think we could we could being crude I think we could fob 'em off , but I think it 's gon na have to be a very structured answer as to why we 're not gon na do it . |
| 13 | ‘ The roses were just a symbol . |
| 14 | You were just a child and I knew there was nothing serious between you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We were just a bit concerned that he was left on his own so late at night . ’ |
| 16 | Um Thomas Carlisle um wen was very much impressed by the work of people like Wordsworth and Coleridge because they were just a bit before him and he actually went and met Coleridge . |
| 17 | You were just a baby . |
| 18 | Things were just a touch grim at the Shakespeare School before it occluded its portals for the vacation . |
| 19 | I was at a dinner other night , er where er French Railways were the hosts , and of course they were doing their best to er tell everybody to travel through the Tunnel naturally enough , because that 's what their trains will be doing come May , and er one or two people , it must be said , were just a touch sceptical . |
| 20 | ‘ Not that it was much use , I 'm afraid ; I met so many people the faces were just a blur . ’ |
| 21 | There is still a strong political pressure towards the Gradgrind model of curriculum design , as though education were just a game of ‘ Trivial Pursuit ’ . |
| 22 | All his ferocious attacks were just a game . |
| 23 | All types of medicines reputed to be the equal of branded goods except that generally they were just a load of rubbish . |
| 24 | Children , he muttered fervently , were just a curse sent by God . |
| 25 | There were just a handful of hear-hears when Mellor said his ‘ cheap and sordid ’ affair was not a resigning offence . |
| 26 | The dancing was to good old rock and roll music , and even those who were just a twinkle in their father 's eye in the 6Os joined in with the jiving fun . |
| 27 | ‘ Talking about work , as we were just a moment ago … perhaps you would n't mind explaining to me why you want to reject some of the new designs I 've just shown you ? ’ |
| 28 | The others were just a thing of the moment . |
| 29 | By the end of it we were just a shot oft Paul Azinger 's lead . |
| 30 | His hands are gently folded over it as if it were just a bag of laundry on his lap . |