Example sentences of "perhaps it was just as [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
2 | But perhaps it was just as well that she had this shock , for in her relief at finding the injury comparatively slight , she forbore to say very much about the unexpected guest . |
3 | Perhaps it was just as well . |
4 | Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not . |
5 | And perhaps it was just as well because there , on the seat of the rag cart and sitting as patiently as the pony was standing , was Ben . |
6 | But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball . |
7 | On the whole , he thought to himself , perhaps it was just as well . |
8 | Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock . |
9 | But perhaps it was just as well , and at least the physical toll the climb was taking had , temporarily at least , driven other sensations from her body . |
10 | Perhaps it was just as well Rosemary was still not back . |