Example sentences of "[was/were] just a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You were just a wee milk boy then . ’ |
2 | The marshes were just a long black horizontal line . |
3 | It is just a matter of how you can build up the Kuwaiti nationality to go along with the growing community in the country and we were just a developing country . |
4 | There was already a rather perfunctory air to the Queen 's visit three years ago , as if it were just a required coda to her tour of China . |
5 | ‘ Those round/flatwound strings were just a terrible idea , and the ones with the exposed core are almost as bad . |
6 | The Romans were very good at that , ultimately they just they were just a powerful military force , but they were also very clever about the way they they kept their influence in various countries . |
7 | When I last saw you you were just a tiny little pickney . ’ |
8 | You were just a junior , a sort of Girl Friday with no qualifications , hoping to learn the ropes . ’ |
9 | A look at the may told me why — we were just a few miles away from Hinkley Point nuclear power station . |
10 | To follow , thick slices of Tortilla sandwiched between slices of bread spread with the juice of fresh tomatoes and olive oil , steaming hot pans of saffron yellow paella or ‘ trampo ’ a Majorcan salad of pepper , tomato and onion were just a few of the ‘ light ’ meals we dined on . |
11 | At first there were just a few ‘ pops ’ , perhaps from pistols , then other weapons joined in , from the familiar rattle of Kalashnikovs to heavier machine-guns . |
12 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
13 | There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth . |
14 | They were just a few suggestions on display at a Christmas food festival , and traders are proud to say that they 're all produced locally . |
15 | THEATRE : Bill Kenwright , Alan Bleasdale and John Doyle were just a few of the names who received rave reviews but here 's the top nominated trio . |
16 | Cos you were just a few minutes later this morning . |
17 | ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’ |
18 | Something similar and er they came up to the , the great Pacific engines that came on and they , two of them came down in front of the stage , two of them were just a little bit higher up , and on the stage itself , there were scenes done like the hall in the Grand Central Station , New York and er they were , it was either the Ink Spots or some of these dancers that gave a performance , and it was so well put on that you could n't help being impressed by |
19 | It were just a labouring job . |
20 | Evidence was reinterpreted that might seem to count against them : for example , the Earth 's long geological history , which seemed impossible if it were just a cooling sphere ; or the Sun 's apparently endless emission of energy , which was hard to explain in terms of its being made of coal , or fuelled by meteors , or contracting and giving out gravitational energy as heat and light . |
21 | ‘ Twenty-four hours ago you were just a common little thief . |
22 | The variations are so wide that it would contravene both the principle of fair labelling ( see Chapter 3.3 ( 1 ) ) and the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) ) if there were just a single offence of non-fatal harm and a single offence of sexual assault : this would often leave little to be decided at the trial and would transfer the effective decision to the sentencing stage . |
23 | I thought that it was a real fire , and that you were just a kind old man . |
24 | ‘ They were just an extra chore to do before he came home . ’ |
25 | And , even if it were just an American issue , how can one claim to represent American art properly in the period when women 's work often led the way without including some of the artists I 've mentioned . |
26 | To the rest of the guests , they were just an old couple getting to know one another . |
27 | He thought he was just a working actor . |
28 | and she was just a working girl , you know , and it was a worry to her as well . |
29 | He twisted his head to look upwards , but Moloch was just a faint disc half hidden by the clouds : a burnished coin beneath polluted water . |
30 | If it was just a six point , or a seven point , then it was a real coarse one , cheap , for American markets . |