Example sentences of "[prep] be just [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The difference from six months before was that The O'Neils were near the end of the first half instead of being just after the opening .
2 Detective Sergeant Brian Jackson was driving through the more prosperous part of Long Eaton , a village on the outskirts of Nottingham which happened to be just over the Derbyshire border .
3 Everyone stayed awake instead , believing that something exciting had to be just around the corner .
4 According to Divisional Court , however , the literal approach overlooks the discretion which the justices have to do ‘ what they consider to be just in the circumstances : a discretion which the court traces back as far as Kinnis v.
5 He commented that ‘ the rugby club I play for is just like the Conservatives ’ .
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