Example sentences of "just a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm in the Flying Fox and I 've just spent some time hovering at just a thousand feet over Bicester and the town centre looking good there .
2 But this strip of superior vines is very thin , just a hundred metres in parts , as the communal boundary of Cramant hives off most of the vineyards .
3 It was now just a hundred yards off our starboard bow .
4 Joe Asnett 's place is just a hundred yards up the road , and do n't open 'til seven . ’
5 There are no stairs , just a hundred yards of corridor .
6 They went through Mill Hill Circus just a hundred yards behind the bleeper and up the slope to Five Ways Corner .
7 The accident happened in heavy rain on the A 424 , three miles north of Burford , just a hundred yards from the spot where a couple were killed in December after their car was in a collision with a coach .
8 That 's just a wee nodules on your kneecap , .
9 There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth .
10 Jane 's mum Mary , 50 , was beaten to death for just a few pounds in 1981 .
11 It was just a few inches below the surface .
12 Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home .
13 Curl the toes back and raise both arms towards the toes , lifting the head and shoulders just a few inches off the floor .
14 It took just a few instants for him to realise that the huddled figure was Mayli Koulo .
15 So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ?
16 While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles .
17 You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again .
18 Nigel Gooch was hit with a fire extinguisher during the attack while he was on duty , just a few hours into 1992 .
19 just , just a few hours like that
20 The figures are published on a day when arsonists destroyed part of a shopping centre just a few hours after thieves stealing television sets had also tried to start a fire .
21 Her mother Fran said : ‘ I can not believe we are just a few hours from going home .
22 I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’
23 Just a few hours before the verdict he told Central News that he believed the jury would find him not guilty .
24 The situation was quiet , with just a few soldiers in the street , for the next few days .
25 We were based at Nigel 's chalet on the edge of Servoz , a small , sunny village just a few kilometres down the road from Chamonix , conveniently placed for visiting other resorts covered by the Mont Blanc skipass , including Les Contamines , Argentiere , Le Tour , Les Houches and Megeve .
26 Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire .
27 Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable .
28 I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education .
29 This very friendly gasthaus is ideally situated next to the Hahnenkamm cable car , and is just a few minutes from the town centre .
30 When it 's just a few minutes from the face , the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold .
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