Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] just [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 P8 ( a , b ) rats or P12 ( c ) mice were anaesthetized with ether and the right optic nerve was cut just behind the eyeball .
2 An oesophageal tube was placed just above the obstacle under fluoroscopic guidance to drain the saliva .
3 The German was dropped just before the end of the third lap and Andy was again in medal territory if he could hold against fatigue and the heat .
4 Maradona , who captains the defending World Cup champions , was quoted in several Italian newspapers yesterday as saying that ‘ World Cup groups had been predetermined and the draw was made just for the fun of the television audience ’ .
5 At Kigoma in Tanganyika a multi-storeyed station was constructed just before the First World War .
6 The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach .
7 In 1860 the present Thomas Street Church was completed just after the 1859 Revival .
8 When a report was made just after the 1914–18 war , Nos. 1–8 , 11 , 12 , 15 , 23–26 and 35 were mounted on Peckham trucks , while 9 , 10 , 13 , 14 , 16–22 and 27–34 were on Brill trucks .
9 Chemical treatment with nitrogen , potassium and phosphate was introduced just before the war to increase production in a time when manpower was low .
10 The scheme was created just after the war to help artists bridge a financially insecure period .
11 She tasted blood and thought that it was Ryker 's , but then realized that her own face was gashed just below the left eye , she guessed by flying glass .
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