Example sentences of "[vb past] just been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'd just been a cancellation . ’ |
| 2 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 3 | Yes , she said , there had just been a birth in the house , but the family had gone to stay with cousins in Haryana ; there was now no one at home . |
| 4 | Lots of fiery meetings and grand gestures , plenty of petitions to Washington and protests outside John Wayne movies , but in the end they had just been a bunch of dumb redskins battering their heads against the white man 's bricks . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had just been a delivery boy . |