Example sentences of "just the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not just the Iraqis ' perfidy that did them down . |
| 2 | You are dealing with emotions , not just the residents ' but your own . |
| 3 | Each piece is not just the hunters ' story traditionally presenting the head or horns of the victim . |
| 4 | I could not decide if the fact that no one had discovered my secret was actually the result of my elaborate efforts or just the boys ' lack of attention . |
| 5 | Sometimes , the sought-for object may be entirely predicted in advance , as with the ‘ discovery ’ of the planet Neptune in 1846 ( which in reality was just the astronomers ' confirmation of the mathematicians ' predictions ) . |
| 6 | They also began to suggest strongly that leys were not just the traders ' tracks that Watkins proposed but were closely associated with such earth energy if not actually marking the channels along which such energy might flow . |