Example sentences of "this [was/were] just a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 well they are now , my daughter now has a proper bum bag , but this was just a school , purse for school , just for break time .
2 Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test .
3 I warned you this was just a fling
4 Diane told herself that this was just a kind of paranoia on her part , an over-apprehension that came from reading too many doctor articles in women 's magazines , but it did n't make her any less uneasy .
5 This was just a warning .
6 ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting .
7 He could get a job and earn some money to buy some clothes — but he knew this was just a dream .
8 This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way .
9 This was just a continuation of the baseline .
10 And knowing this was just a beginning .
11 But this was just a dentist 's waiting room and it made him wonder what the rest of the house would be like .
12 But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas .
13 This was just a routine visit to an elderly patient to check that she was happy , and not in any pain , and also to stock her up on her medicines .
14 But , this was just a bang , sort of knocked
15 But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas .
16 er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for .
17 This was just a wind-up , a tease for his pleasure .
18 This was just a reconstruction — but answering the door to a stranger in this way cost phylis her seven hundred pounds life savings :
19 This was n't , this was just a programme
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