Example sentences of "just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Despite the " Boy Wonder " tag , he countered the quite genuine complaints that with the elementary aids available — basically just a compass and air speed indicator — it was virtually impossible to find a German target in the face of spoofs/dummies and the mounting numbers of fighters , as well as flak and searchlights . |
2 | Surfing was an integral part of traditional Island society : not just a sport , but a rite of passage , an initiation , an act of worship , a demonstration of power , and a form of courtship . |
3 | This really sapped my energies — it was so obviously just a sport for them — and I began to question whether I could go on . |
4 | But to the protestors who turned up today hunting is more than just a sport . |
5 | ‘ It was just a session I was booked for . |
6 | Being in love leaves this huge hole in your self , and if you 're adolescent , and do n't have a clear concept of yourself , then you are just a hole , an outline . |
7 | ‘ Oh , just a hole , ’ he blustered . |
8 | The eye is basically the same shape as ours , but there is no lens and the pupil is just a hole that lets the seawater into the hollow interior of the eye . |
9 | Otherwise it is just a noise ! |
10 | All sounds the same , it 's just a noise and you know , you ca n't th the words ! |
11 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
12 | well it was just a surprise really |
13 | ‘ He was the Baron 's brother — his twin , but younger by just a half-hour , and so different — in looks , temperament — everything . |
14 | Just a half-hour 's entertainment ! |
15 | Good health at Guinness Brewing GB is not just a toast that precedes the downing of a jar of the product — it is also the concern of a dedicated team of medical experts . |
16 | MAX : Just a checkup . |
17 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ said Henry , a thought beginning to burgeon in his mind . |
18 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
19 | Just a minute . |
20 | After just a minute or so , especially if we were handling metal , we would need to stop and huff on to frozen fingers , standing around with pained expressions while circulation returned . |
21 | ‘ Now just a minute . ’ |
22 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
23 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
24 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
25 | ‘ Just a minute . |
26 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ wobbled the blue chins as he came looming up to me like an ocean liner in a fog . |
27 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ he said . |
28 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ Laura , partially recovered , went to April and placed a hand on her mother . |
29 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
30 | ‘ Now just a minute — ’ |