Example sentences of "it was just [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of it was just bumph , bills and Christmas cards , except for a bulky , strange-looking package which had been delivered by hand . |
2 | It was just thoughtlessness . ’ |
3 | It was just Quirk the Jerk spinning another yarn . |
4 | As it is the second , we have to consider the possibility that it was just complacency , which the minister vehemently denies , or even downright carelessness . |
5 | But I remember the train and the guy with the personal stereo , and I know it was just chance that we met . |
6 | It was just twilight . |
7 | I had all these thoughts in my head but when I spoke it was just noise , just high-pitched noises came out . |
8 | " The next one can be yours , if this one is n't right , but we did agree to do it this way ; it was just luck it 's my answer first . |
9 | ‘ I do n't practise scoring direct from corner-kicks and it was just luck that the first one went in . |
10 | Perhaps it was just procrastination . |
11 | It was just rhetoric . |
12 | It was just sand and rocks . |
13 | Dr Nolan said it was just shock and she would get over it in time , but it was hard to live with just the same . |
14 | I thought it was just hysteria . |
15 | ‘ I thought it was just bronchitis . ’ |
16 | ‘ It was just instinct . |
17 | ‘ So it was just impulse that sent you up here ? ’ |
18 | It was just thuggery . ’ |
19 | It was just madness … ’ |
20 | ‘ You know very well that was just a — a flash-in-the-pan reaction — I felt threatened — it was just self-defence . ’ |
21 | ‘ It was just foolishness , the kind of thing people do at your age . |
22 | Perhaps it was just embarrassment — the memory of how he had shamed himself that time when she had comforted him . |
23 | It was just schoolboy talk . |
24 | Shilton was called into a ‘ clear the air ’ meeting with the Home Park board yesterday , but insisted it was just routine . |
25 | It was just infatuation , and could be controlled . |
26 | It was just hell ! |
27 | All our buddies that worked for us for 50 years were just living and drinking and eating like fucking Rome … it was just hell and it had to stop . ’ |