Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cups and saucers were arranged at just the right angle beside the small plates , and the bone-handled knives were correctly positioned to the right of each plate . |
| 2 | Portsmouth were restricted to just the odd chance — Lee Chapman almost sneaking a third . |
| 3 | Something had happened to them — they were charged for just a while into being better than they were . |
| 4 | Builder Dave Young , wife Jane and son Paul , three — who had been taking a dip in the hotel pool — were left with just the costumes they had on . |
| 5 | When they reported back to the branch about the National Conference of Young Conservatives , they were questioned about just the things they had failed to notice . |
| 6 | But the Guildford Four were released at just the wrong time , and the government quietly put the scheme on the back burner — indefinitely , it would seem . |