Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] was just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 2 | The two girls were both on night duty and they waited in vain all night , hoping against hope that Steve and his crew had perhaps been forced down somewhere , but by the time dawn came up and there was still no news , they realised he was just another casualty . |
| 3 | They were in their early thirties , so 1 did not feel too out of place from the point of view of age , and at first no one took any notice of me , as if they thought I was just another mature student . |
| 4 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 5 | And so they went to report to the , to the police but and th I mean they did n't believe them , they thought it was just like birds . |
| 6 | Well they said the witnesses said they thought it was just like an older brother a younger brother . |
| 7 | Our trusty shore controls informed us , somewhat naively in view of the fact that the black night outside was dotted with the myriad lights of fishing vessels , that they thought she was just passing the Manacles . |
| 8 | Maybe they thought she was just exploring the area within the walls . |
| 9 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
| 10 | They said it was just a racing accident . |
| 11 | They said it was just a 15-minute nightmare . ’ |
| 12 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 13 | ‘ They said he was just what they were looking for , ’ Beverley said yesterday at home in Alwoodley , Leeds . |