Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] just a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd hunch down under the covers with just an air-hole to breath through , and shelter there .
2 Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes .
3 The Victorian-built and now rundown Oxford prison WAS to close , together with 5 other jails within just a matter of weeks .
4 They erm , service your bike , twenty pounds for just a service .
5 The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag .
6 Some of the older blokes , they come out , and they started fighting as well ! ( laughter ) One bloke come down from the flats with just a pair of trousers and a vest on and he started having a go !
7 Who can resist those mercurially silvery little discs with just a hint of credit card iridescence to reinforce the enigma inherent in all records — that , until they are played , their mysterious surface autism offers no clue as to what might be within ?
8 Their former Serbian neighbours of just a week ago have also left , streaming in the opposite direction across the Drina into Serbia .
9 He screamed ‘ She 's my property ’ as terrified David Berry dodged the blows with just a towel protecting his ‘ prime cuts ’ , a court heard yesterday .
10 Erm moving on and talking about the subject of the Gascoigne Wood pits or the er proposed tip at the Gascoigne Wood pits in just a couple of moments time .
11 These exhibits were mostly just single figures , not set out in any kind of tableau , but isolated in their stage clothes with just a name plate for company .
12 GrandMet has lost a lot of froth since giving two warnings in just a month of less than fizzing profits .
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