Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy and I were just good friends , really good mates . |
| 2 | I 'd never have come back to Liverpool only the firm sent me here to fix something up on the docks twelve months before this lot started , so I was just unlucky . ’ |
| 3 | No I was just worrying that I always thought that I would never ever like come across anyone who I thought that I can even vaguely click with but I just realized that I can and it 's just quite a nice feeling . |
| 4 | I was just stupid . |
| 5 | I was just stupid but I was as I say , since Oct erm when was it ? |
| 6 | I was just obsessed with culture . |
| 7 | I had made Lucy take off her anorak so she looked a bit less like an urban guerrilla , even though the T-shirt she was wearing underneath — ‘ Rats Have Rights ’ — was a bit of a giveaway , or maybe I was just paranoid . |
| 8 | I began to feel ashamed of my nosiness but I had n't intended to be nosey : I was just curious . |
| 9 | I was just curious . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just curious , ’ she said . |
| 11 | I honestly ca n't remember how I felt at the time — I think I was just shocked . |
| 12 | On the cluster erm not having in fact had any erm work on this type of thing before I did n't realise that holding a paper could close you down and in fact without moving my feet I was n't getting movement I was just static and with no use of the hands you were to express yourself sufficiently . |
| 13 | I was just passing and saw the smoke . ’ |
| 14 | I was just passing — ’ |
| 15 | " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance . |
| 16 | ‘ I got hassle all the way through school because I had the wrong haircut and would n't wear uniform and I was just annoying and disruptive . |
| 17 | ‘ Money never bothered me , I was just pleased that people enjoyed my music . ’ |
| 18 | Though barely moderate scholastically , I was just good enough at games to become Captain of Games in an athletically undistinguished house . |
| 19 | I was just perfect . |
| 20 | They cheered a little louder for the home side but there is nothing wrong with that and I was just delighted to be a part of it all . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just numb while it was happening , I felt weak . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't touch alcohol and by then I was just keen to leave . |
| 23 | I was just thankful that I got out when I did . |
| 24 | Erm thank you I was just changing because it 's too cold in here , erm |
| 25 | I was just greedy , you see . |
| 26 | ‘ I was just tired . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was just tired , that 's all . ’ |
| 28 | I was just hot and dusty and … surprised . ’ |
| 29 | I dread to think who Uncle Joe had transferred his twisted ‘ affections ’ to , but at the time , I was just relieved to be free of his attentions . |
| 30 | I do n't know who went off for Batty , I was just relieved when he did . |