Example sentences of "[was/were] just [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nuns were just leaving their convent church . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I woke up one summer morning-it was still dark , the birds were just starting their dawn chorus , and on that particular day there seemed only to be crows — and I felt very cold . |
| 3 | Gp Capt R C Hockey sent Air Mail the excellent photograph of what happened at Kinloss on a dark night in October 1943 when an Anson was approaching to land at the same time — and on the same bit of field — as a Whitley was just starting its take-off run . |
| 4 | This was not accidental ; Loeb had moved from Germany to Chicago , where he influenced the young J. B. Watson , who was just starting his research career . |
| 5 | I went up to his suite at the Monogram and was just opening my sample case when , imagine my surprise … ’ |
| 6 | She was just preparing her evening meal when she was aware of someone coming aboard . |