Example sentences of "[adv] just as [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it . |
| 2 | Sometimes she came home just as I was due to leave , or vice versa . |
| 3 | It seemed to be RAF policy to shift people around from time to time , usually just as they were beginning to take root somewhere . |
| 4 | You will see flour being milled here just as it was in Captain Cook 's day . |
| 5 | So we 'd get one third and then just as we were going to eat it three other people came in . |
| 6 | And then just as you were about to eat that another six people turned up so there were twelve altogether and you 'd have to shar share that |
| 7 | Then just as she was about to replace the receiver she heard his voice , that soft familiar Scottish burr . |
| 8 | Then just as she was preparing to leave to return to her flat her mother invited her to Sunday lunch . |
| 9 | But when we came into the straight again he was always beside me , running , panting , straining to get ahead just as I was . |