Example sentences of "[was/were] just [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zoff , one of the biggest names in Italian football , clarified the whole situation when he said : ‘ We were just discussing a technical point . |
| 2 | He smiled infuriatingly at her , lifting a hand to run it over his dark hair , seemingly as relaxed as though they were just sharing a pleasant little chat rather than this frosty interview . |
| 3 | They were just having a peaceful protest , sitting there and linking arms : no threats or fear of violence . |
| 4 | ‘ The victims were just having a good time . ’ |
| 5 | We were just having a hot drink . |
| 6 | so she were just having a few crumpets |
| 7 | She was just drinking a second cup of coffee when Julius walked through the doorway . |
| 8 | this is a structural change , what you could do or the easiest thing would be to do was just to incorporate a dummy variable , right , if you incorporated a dummy variable to a erm and to explain the and to take out the effect of structural change , right , er in that dummy inclusive model , right , all the diagnostic test statistics were okay , right , you would use , you would , therefore , use that , that particular model what we might do is just see if that is the case erm so if you come out of er diagnostics , work towards the data processing environment and generate a dummy variable right , so if you go into the erm data processing environment if it 's in the er sort of process plot option what we 'll do create a dummy variable call it D and let D pull zero press the return key and then edit D oh and if you just set erm observations for |
| 9 | It would aid business restructuring and privatization in an economy which , according to Vahi , was just withstanding a tenfold rise in raw material prices , a 100 per cent increase in fuel prices and the loss of 90 per cent of its export market . |
| 10 | Steve was just recalling a little history . |
| 11 | I was just having a little word with Mr Twomey about his silver for the dinner . |
| 12 | I was just having a little experiment to see how it takes and how strong it is and I know what I 'm doing . |
| 13 | She told herself she was just feeling a biological urge . |
| 14 | A few days later , Charles thought fleetingly of the Superintendent 's little shock and the blackbird singing away as if he was just making a bad joke . |