Example sentences of "he [be] just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be said as brusquely of Iago that he is just a wrecker . |
| 2 | Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . |
| 3 | Suppose for a moment that Mr Gorbachev himself does not know what he has in mind ; assume that he is just a moderniser with no clear idea where modernising leads . |
| 4 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 5 | He is just a confused young man going through a postgraduate crisis ; a rebel without claws . |
| 6 | And a delighted Billy Bonds saluted Allen 's week by saying : ‘ He is just a great goalscorer — it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He does n't look too bad because of his coat but when you handle him , he is just a bag of bones . ’ |
| 8 | If he could adopt that standpoint , he might describe himself as an empirical realist but a transcendental idealist ; but , since he can not adopt that standpoint , he is just a ‘ realist ’ . |
| 9 | Naturally I approached Bates in the strictest confidence , but all too quickly I learned that he is just a gin-sodden loud-mouth . |
| 10 | For example , if a person supplies a computer in kit form which , when assembled , infringes a patent , then the supplier of the computer kit infringes the patent even if he is just a middle-man as long as he has the requisite knowledge . |
| 11 | he is just a right prick , right ? |
| 12 | He is just a relative . |
| 13 | He is just the kind of stable , bright young man we think can articulate our viewpoint and reach a mass of people . ’ |
| 14 | Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) . |
| 15 | ‘ He is just the man in the middle . |
| 16 | I say gentleman , but I suppose he is just an official thug . ’ |
| 17 | I think he is just an ill and shocked young man with the highly strung temperament of so many artistic people . |
| 18 | At first he is just an unspecified ours , a bear ( 1841 ) . |
| 19 | He says he is just an observer , there to see that the American case is put . |
| 20 | Actually , we decided after a bit that there was nothing very sinister about Sun , but that he is just an auxiliary comrade who helps to keep tabs on us , makes sure we do n't get lost in the crowd , etc . |
| 21 | He 's just a raw nerve . |
| 22 | He 's just a yob , right ? |
| 23 | Finally he said : ‘ Look , Marie , he 's just a yob , that 's all . |
| 24 | He 's just a little creep who saw his chance , that 's all . |
| 25 | Then again , he 's just a likely to throw in a reference to the riddle of the sphinx or the Greek muses . |
| 26 | He 's just a bit crazy , but he wo n't hurt you . ’ |
| 27 | He 's just a little immature at present , but I do n't think you 'll see a better Aintree horse . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ In fact he 's just a defeatist , a victim of Jewish masochism . |
| 29 | He 's just a randy little shit , up to his old tricks , putting it about all over town , Victoria Hamilton 's the one , mark my words . |
| 30 | Hoomey 's the only one willing , and he 's just a weed . |