Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , the valedictions of old-boy poets are addressed to writers just above them on poetry 's wobbly squash ladder — thus Wright addresses his hello-and-goodbyes to C. H. Sissons , David Gascoyne , Charles Causeley ( Do you remember how we met/In the studio of Patrick Swift … ) , and George Barker ( So long it is since first we met , /And in another world , it seems , /Where , out of pocket , down at heels , /Night after night in Rathbone Place … ) |
| 2 | But when we went for a fitting , the garments had been made with buttons just sewn onto tacky fake buttonholes . |
| 3 | We must have the faith that vision can be developed in men just as creativity can be — it is trainable and represents only a higher evolutionary development and it is , therefore , open to all human beings . |
| 4 | About 70% of all new aircraft will be bought by airlines just to accommodate that growth , says Boeing . |
| 5 | Sponsors can not be found for leagues just ask the Northern League never mind clubs , and with local businesses cutting back on handouts , then the committees of local football clubs have to raise funds from within . |
| 6 | These observations are converted to probabilities just as the weather data were converted to probabilities in the first example . |
| 7 | Long narrow destination boards with route numbers in small figures at the ends , were slotted into brackets just below the saloon windows , replacing those on the upper deck screens . |
| 8 | Signal bells were operated by cords just above the saloon windows . |
| 9 | On 27 April 1962 four together were found in fields just north of Pagham Harbour and one was seen there on the 29th . |
| 10 | It then spends about a month in cellars or dark warehouses to ‘ ripen ’ to its maximum softness and elasticity , before being cut into strips just wider than the diameter of a cork . |
| 11 | Roach being taken from swims just above the by pass bridge . |
| 12 | The initially slender police presence had been strengthened by reinforcements just before the unmarked buses arrived , but they were unable to stop scores of protesters . |
| 13 | One version is shaped with grooves just inside the lips , into which plasterboard fits neatly to complete the arch shape . |
| 14 | When this sustained-release bolus is administered to calves just prior to turn-out , it prevents the development of infections acquired from overwintered larvae and so prevents the deposition of eggs during the spring . |
| 15 | He was subjected to beatings just for being black . |
| 16 | ‘ He was killed by assassins just like the bastards nearly murdered me at Le Coq d'Or ! ’ |
| 17 | Mr Snowden was released by firemen just before 8 am and police opened one lane of the eastbound A45 around 10 am purely to help clear the tailbacks that had built up . |