Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] be just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly add the 1:1 nitric acid to the mercuric nitrate with constant stirring until the milky precipitate just dissolves or is just about to — approximately 8 drops of acid is usually sufficient . |
| 2 | Inside , the triforium is often omitted or is just a decorative band , while the nave arcade is of great importance . |
| 3 | I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern . |
| 4 | Also it was n't exactly pleasant right here , with a November sharpness in the air that had arrived almost as a response to the Christmas lights and store displays that were just about everywhere now . |
| 5 | They appeared to have their arms around each other , either having just embraced or being just about to embrace . |
| 6 | Last week 's leaked report revealing that five old people 's homes could close resulted in a wave of protests like this one in Woodstock yesterday.But the Director of Social Services has said that was just one piece of the jigsaw . |
| 7 | Every other farm in the dale was blessed with children able to share the work but all they had was elderly folk who did their level best to help but were just too old and infirm . |
| 8 | Is that something that other folk on Stronsay know or is just something you |
| 9 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 10 | In 1589 Wild Will was out riding and was just about to jump the stile on the ancient trackway when it is said the image of a burning baby appeared . |
| 11 | She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan 's deck shoes on the ladder . |
| 12 | Every morning and evening he came and my wing got better , though it still hurt and was just a little crooked . |
| 13 | Or a bed into the smallest bedroom ; — A man from British Telecom trying to use one of those stupid modern phone boxes that are just little booths exposed to the weather ideally when he 's ringing up for details of something and trying to write with one hand while trying to stop the piece of paper blowing away . |
| 14 | The quota is the smallest number of votes to allow five candidates to be elected and is just big enough to prevent the election of more than five . |
| 15 | For them a build-up of the primary manifestations of commuters ' syndrome — tertiary dandruff and pyorrhoea of the gums — is regarded as being just a little bit natty . |
| 16 | Stuart turned to speak and was just in time to see the man snatch the plastic bin from the young assistant and run back towards the door . |