Example sentences of "it was just [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried , like , I did try , but it was just no good . |
| 2 | And when the sh when the relief came in the ship lay about a mile off the never came near the rock at all because it was just a mass of reefs you know and the ship lay about a mile off and then the launch came in with a crew of about half a dozen men and the officer the second mate usually in charge . |
| 3 | So those who say arti artificial abortion is unnatural , are I think er on a , on , on , skating on very thin ice , because you could equally well argue that it was just a continuation of a natural trend . |
| 4 | Although to outsiders it was just a newspaper , to those in the know the concept went much further . |
| 5 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 6 | Broad , Gower and Lamb fell in quick succession and then it was just a case of mopping up . |
| 7 | For most English people it was just a case of sighing with relief that it was all over . |
| 8 | It was just a case that being in a band would be much more enjoyable without him . |
| 9 | Thereafter it was just a case of hard riding the thirty miles through green Lothian , by Hailes and Haddington and Musselburgh , for Edinburgh , which he reached before nightfall . |
| 10 | I knew she had to come to me each time , it was just a case of sticking it out . |
| 11 | The farmer and his neighbours were all friends so it was just a case of asking them to keep an eye on their moggies , and spying on a few of the plumper-looking ones — successful hunters , we assumed . |
| 12 | Eventually we all agreed we wanted this fierce bark that was both harsh and metallic , after which it was just a case of refining it down until we settled on the precise tone we ended up using . |
| 13 | ‘ It was just a case of finding who they were . ’ |
| 14 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
| 15 | But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us . |
| 16 | so when I got there it was just a case of clearing up . |
| 17 | ‘ It was just a pity there were not many people . ’ |
| 18 | It was just a pity , he thought , that he 'd now have to sit tight here , while his men were facing the enemy . |
| 19 | It was just a pity that Luke had n't decided to ignore her as well , Maria reflected wryly . |
| 20 | It was just a pity that the small stock of provisions did not allow of imaginative cuisine . |
| 21 | And it was just a pity that the material she was given or told us to read , she said was too advanced for us . |
| 22 | But he knew what he was looking at , though to the untrained eye it was just a pile of minuscule fragments . |
| 23 | I do n't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort . |
| 24 | ‘ You thought it was just a gag , ’ Susan said . |
| 25 | ‘ Look , it was just a gag , OK ? |
| 26 | got this er , not , not hate , it was just a kind of |
| 27 | ‘ I think it was just a build-up of ongoing tension between them , ’ Gina admitted unhappily . |
| 28 | ‘ It was just a whim . |
| 29 | I said I 'd like some French perfume the other evening — it was just a whim , really , but this room smells of disinfectant and Airwick . |
| 30 | ‘ It was just a thought , ’ Mary said sulkily . |