Example sentences of "[modal v] be just a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life in the Third Millennium should be just a bundle of laughs . |
| 2 | ‘ This might be just a game to you , but I 'm working , and I 'm going to be late if you hold me up ! ’ |
| 3 | It might be just a matter of buying time and hoping the Admiral dropped dead of a stroke or something . ’ |
| 4 | And a re-run of those days could be just a couple of weeks away . |
| 5 | This can be taken from a plastic bag with a decorative design , or could be just a piece of plain colour cut into a shape . |
| 6 | I mean , it could be just a piece of grass that cut him . |
| 7 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 8 | Some may be long-standing family homes , while others may be just a step on the housing ladder . |
| 9 | This set would be just a taste of what was to come in the wedding dower , a tantalising taste of the jewels that would eventually be showered on the bride . |
| 10 | Only one day , but nevertheless it 's something that they will always remember and hopefully it will be just a spur for them to go on and do better things . |
| 11 | Each year 200,000 sq kms of rainforest are ripped out worldwide and , at present levels , scientists estimate that the tropical rainforests will be just a memory by the year 2050 . |
| 12 | We get scabies , and we have internal worms , and for those of us whose interests bring them close to mammals or birds , parasites can be just a part of the job . |