Example sentences of "[prep] just [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 2 | After just a couple of minutes when the spray had dried , we brushed out the curls into these beautifully smooth , sculpted waves . |
| 3 | A third Scarlet , Neil Boobyer , is tipped for the centre while Nigel Walker , rated the fastest man in world rugby , could be a shock choice on the left wing after just a handful of Cardiff games . |
| 4 | Word is out that he may be in the same class as Chris Armstrong , sold to Palace for £1m after just a handful of games . |
| 5 | He must , for had n't she let him make love to her after just a handful of meetings , when they hardly knew each other ? |
| 6 | When , after just a month in the Palace at Whitehall , Richard 's mother fell ill and wanted to see him , he was glad of an excuse to leave the corrupt court of Charles I , and resolved never to return . |
| 7 | It is clear that prophecy was part of the experience of the people of God in the Bible ( see Numbers 11:20,1 Samuel 19:20 , Joel 2:28 , Acts 2:18 ; 15:22 ; 19:6 ; 21:9 , 1 Corinthians 11:4–5 ; 12:28 ; 14:1 and 24 , Ephesians 4:11,1 Thessalonians 5:20 for just a sample of instances ) . |
| 8 | All that space , all that pomp , for just a bit of food . |
| 9 | Going away for just a day before Christmas to visit a friend or relative , just to let Alan Markby and Laura Danby know that she did have someone else , would bolster her morale . |
| 10 | ‘ People say play a half-fit Gazza , or give him a game for just a quarter of a match . |
| 11 | Ellen paused for just a fraction of a second before she answered , ‘ Yes ; yes , I suppose it would . ’ |
| 12 | In this year 's ITV shake-up Central secured its regional franchise for just a fraction of the price paid by most of its rivals . |
| 13 | Statistically the chemical industry is responsible for just a fraction of dioxin ‘ production ’ from combustion with domestic fires accounting for a much larger chunk . |
| 14 | The WRVS are also looking for additional meals on wheels drivers , for just a couple of hours once or twice a month . |
| 15 | When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake , he paused for just a couple of seconds and took several deep breaths . |
| 16 | They were kept waiting for just a couple of minutes — ‘ While Mr Magill completes a call ’ in a cool-warm windowless reception area soundproofed so that even the loudest complaint about a bill would come out as a hushed croak then ushered through into an office that was almost straight from Charles Dickens . |
| 17 | Something had happened to them — they were charged for just a while into being better than they were . |
| 18 | Well — Lorne had almost got his Business degree , for just a week before graduating he accepted instead the position of assistant to Bob Cundy , an independent ethnographer who virtually single-handedly cranked out hair-raising adventure films , shot in all parts of the world , at a time when it was still feasible to make a living out of them . |
| 19 | Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way . |
| 20 | For just a moment before the Elbow , it seemed possible that Llewellyn and Party Politics might join the sad company of might-have-beens , for whom the 494 yards of the Aintree run-in have turned dreams into nightmares . |
| 21 | With the exception of Samna IV none of the products mentioned will give you any sort of WYSIWYG display on a PC whereas an Apple Macintosh almost always gives a WYSIWYG display , but with a little perseverance it is relatively easy to convert from typescript to pseudo typeset for just the cost of a page printer . |
| 22 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
| 23 | So when I stumbled against him and threw my arms round his neck he just stood there , unmoving except for a slight step backwards to keep his balance — though I thought I felt his hands touch my waist for just an instant as if they had made an automatic move to hold me which he had cancelled . |
| 24 | You do n't say ? wrecking one cherished wish after another , until she was reduced to longing desperately for just an end to the regular death of the street-corner parting , the fear and loneliness of the long walk home . |
| 25 | These high-performance , rugged tools are claimed to offer the best value for money on the market for the enthusiastic d-i-yer and tradesman , and for the first time offer the possibility of a battery recharging time of just a quarter of an hour . |
| 26 | That was pretty st that the height of just a bit of |
| 27 | MicroMuse Ltd , the Putney , London-based Sparcsystems builder turned systems integrator , is one of just a couple of UK firms distributing SunConnect 's SunNet Manager to other resellers and system integrators . |
| 28 | French names like New Man and Rodier Hommes were innovators in the 1970s , offering men a complete coordinated collection instead of just a range of suits or a collection of shirts . |
| 29 | Was this really a target of just a bunch of trees ? |
| 30 | ‘ Charlotte can think of just a handful of resorts that offer the best skiing for all standards … ’ etc . |