Example sentences of "[was/were] just [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just what the child needed . |
| 2 | What I was getting was just what the salesman adviser had in his bag that would earn him commission . ’ |
| 3 | What he produced was a volume for which he really should have kept his title The Conduct of the Kitchen — a title borrowed incidentally from Meredith — because that was just what the book of menus was about : the logical and orderly conduct of a kitchen as related to daily life and seen not through the medium of a few isolated menus for special occasions , but as part of the natural order of everyday living . |
| 4 | He was one of cricket 's precious characters , whose skill was rare and whose attitude was just what the game has always needed . |
| 5 | Six tries was just what the doctor ordered for a Gloucester team that 's been under the weather for too long this season … and this win was even more rewarding when you think that six first teamers were missing … |
| 6 | For instance a pancake race in Stockton was just what the doctor ordered . |
| 7 | The British press , yellow and lily-white , thrives upon competition , and a striptease at an otherwise dullish Tory Conference was just what the newsdesk ordered . |
| 8 | After all their financial problems and sackings a semi final was just what the accountant ordered for Derbyshire . |