Example sentences of "[be] just a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or had all his compliments and charm , so convincing at the time , been just a charade to get him what he wanted ? |
| 2 | ‘ It could have been just a bush moving in the breeze . |
| 3 | Well that must have been just a bus going . |
| 4 | From their point of view you are just a loss making nuisance and they have a living to make . |
| 5 | They 're just a person keeping an eye , I suppose they 've got to respond to it you see and then they , they were , you know , they do n't come and look . |
| 6 | I think they 're just a bit shortstaffed because the girl that 's usually in there has n't been in there for weeks , Josie . |
| 7 | Half the time you 're just a ear to listen to them . |
| 8 | Legislation would not , of course , be just a requirement to comply with the code . |
| 9 | THE Ulster roar , which nearly tore the roof off at Cheltenham as Rhythm Section won the Tote Festival Bumper , will be just a whisper compared to the reception The Committee will receive if he wins next Saturday 's Aintree showpiece . |
| 10 | I 'm just a money making machine |
| 11 | He was trying not to cry , and he kept on saying , I 'm shocked , I 'm just a bit shocked that 's all . |
| 12 | I 'm just a bit pissed off with the way the wallpaper 's hanging ! |
| 13 | Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused . |
| 14 | ‘ as if I 'm just a ghost come back to haunt — not real at all . ’ |
| 15 | Tom I 'm just a punter represent nobody . |
| 16 | I 'm just a puppet moving around in prescribed circles . |
| 17 | Children , he muttered fervently , were just a curse sent by God . |
| 18 | He admits they are unlikely to get much ; prospecting is just a way to pretend to re-live history . |
| 19 | If you think of a less developed country , you might find some big industry , this is just a way to divide the . |
| 20 | Anxiety for example , is something that human beings will always experience , and to think that you can free them from anxiety in some future utopia , or go back to some ordered erm , ideal state in the past , where everyone was so secure , that they would never feel anxiety , is just a myth according to Freud . |
| 21 | I think it , this is whole scheme is just a case experimenting and trying things with different work |
| 22 | But ‘ chance ’ is just a word expressing ignorance . |
| 23 | but that 's in Aran and this is just a double knit but |
| 24 | No-one , for example , has ever seen a ‘ three ’ ; the symbol 3 is just a shorthand devised by man . |
| 25 | Also Tore-Andre Flo — the young brother of Jostein Flo is supposed to train for a week or two at Sheff Utd ; but this is just a training stay — nothing to do with Sheff Utd offering him a contract or so . |
| 26 | After all , there are lots of people for whom the cinema is just a place to go , to get away from the children for a few hours , to be together perhaps , for a courting couple . |
| 27 | Instrumental theorists ultimately conclude that while the state may have a degree of political neutrality , this is just a sham to mask the dominance of the state by the interests of the dominant class . |
| 28 | Well the the it 's just a survey to see |
| 29 | ‘ He 's just a bit set in his ways . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , she 's not so bad really , ’ said Dolly , ‘ she 's just a bit overflowin' , that 's all . ’ |