Example sentences of "[pers pn] be just [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But most of them are just ordinary — cotton or print , and drab coloured … ’
2 My wife and I are just good friends .
3 Asked if she was contemplating a divorce , Amber said : ‘ Murl and I are just good friends .
4 But , ’ she added pungently , ‘ I 'd be obliged if you 'd make it clear to your Formula One buddies that you and I are just good friends ! ’
5 I am just grateful this injury was not as bad as first feared . ’
6 I am just sorry it has all ended in this way .
7 Liz , from King 's Lynn , Norfolk , said : ‘ I am just sorry that families we know could be going through the same feelings we had when our men left for the Gulf .
8 Batty , who was carried off after a tackle by Stewart Robson , added : ‘ I am just relieved I have n't broken it . ’
9 Moreton councillor Ken Hemsley said : ‘ I am just concerned that people answering 999 calls may not understand a local dialect and they may be talking about a place which the person they are speaking to will never have heard of .
10 I am just able to discern the formalities which are like the horns of ships circling in the fog to dock .
11 Hello , I am just horrified that a young woman who wanted children presumably , can make such a damn fuss , I really am .
12 I am just appalled that it 's so easy , obviously , to get into these er accounts and and the health records as well , er I mean there really bright here , Mr has no criminal record , I do n't know where they went for that , it 's true , it 's nice to have it er made public but er where did they go to get that information ?
13 For one who had to listen to the gloom of the poor Leeds team of the 80 's pre-Wilkinson , I am just excited that we are there or there abouts .
14 ‘ They gave me no specific reason why they stopped me and I am just worried they could stop any innocent people , ’ he said .
15 He said : ‘ I am just happy to be back in my community . ’
16 I am just lucky to be alive . ’
17 I am just lucky that my fish have survived and have flourished to give me so much pleasure .
18 ‘ Now I am just glad he has been locked up , so he ca n't do this type of thing to anyone again .
19 I am just glad that Bradley is too young to understand what has happened .
20 I am just glad I was n't Anne Boleyn , or some other lady who took his fancy .
21 Sadly , Mr Donovan said , ‘ I 'm just relaxing — it 's great to be back with friends . ’
22 No I 'm just normal .
23 Later she said : ‘ I 'm just relieved . ’
24 I 'm just relieved .
25 I 'm just intrigued as to why you should be dressed in clothes that are miles too big at — ’ she glanced at her watch ‘ — at ten o'clock in the morning .
26 I 'm just tired , ’ she said .
27 ‘ Nothing — I 'm just tired , ’ Jack replied .
28 I 'm just tired . ’
29 ‘ No , I 'm just tired . ’
30 ‘ I think I 'm just tired . ’
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