Example sentences of "[prep] just [num] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authoritarian , too : he was sacked as manager of Leeds United , then Britain 's best team , after just 44 days because the players could not bear his unorthodox methods . |
| 2 | They have taken my life away , my young child from me that I have always wanted , and after just three years and ten months . |
| 3 | I was presented with a choice between just two positions when in fact there are many more possible ones . |
| 4 | Robert Julius Matson had guessed right : the first train had come through just nine years after the town was founded in 1858 , pulling behind it the fertiliser works , the com mill , the seed-com warehouse , and with them the quiet prosperity that spawned the first Masonic lodge in 1871 , a voluntary fire brigade in ‘ 75 , the telephone in ‘ 84 and the first sewer in 1920 . |
| 5 | Lillee completed his 10 overs for just 18 runs and captured the only two West Indian wickets to fall to bowlers as the touring side swept home by seven wickets with 5.4 overs to spare . |
| 6 | The former international , plagued by injury this season , was on the pitch for just 18 minutes but by the time he returned to the bench Holywood were home and dry . |
| 7 | Part-time cleaner Betty Woods , 60 , paid full contributions for just four years before she wed Ron , 62 . |
| 8 | Michael Rock , who 'd allowed his house in London to be used by the gang , was jailed for 10 years and a 76-year-old courier , George Chay , who 'd brought LSD into Britain from California , was jailed for just four years because the judge said he did n't want him to die in prison . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the tight filming schedule could not wait for just two weeks or so until a suitable engine ( ie a 4F 0-6-0 ) arrived at Bury . |
| 10 | Bishop Peter has been bishop of Gloucester for just eight months and Prince Charles was among the guests at his enthronement in April . |
| 11 | The young striker was on the pitch for just five minutes before he made his mark . |
| 12 | ‘ So , rather than drag her all the way back here for just five minutes or so , I thought we 'd go there . |
| 13 | Previous owner Lord Carnarvon , racing manager of the Queen , bought Lyric Fantasy for just 12,500 guineas and was quite satisfied with his decision to sell . |
| 14 | CCA was in these figures for just three months and fine art contributed £849,000 of profits , up from £156,000 . |
| 15 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 16 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 17 | The huge difference in size between the drum and oval window means that sounds , particularly low frequencies , are amplified 100 times , instead of just eighteen times as in the human ear . |
| 18 | With a fast processing time of just 10 minutes and the added benefits of ingredients such as Primrose , Irish Moss and Comfrey , this perm will leave hair beautifully conditioned . |
| 19 | It has set a total quota for all pelagic species of just 60,000 tonnes for 1991 . |
| 20 | Its mood of self-confident chauvinism galvanized the nation , however little the British knew of the culture , economy , history , or even postage stamps of the distant Falklands and its population of just 1,200 sheep-farmers and their dependants . |
| 21 | It now has a total debt of $2.5 billion , its people have a life expectancy of just 43 years and six per cent of them have no access to clean water . |
| 22 | But it has a half-life of just 140 days so there can be little delay manufacture and its incorporation into a bomb . |
| 23 | Gary , 26 , left school with just four CSEs and began working as an engineer . |
| 24 | We started by sending the Minister to a Desert Island , with just 8 records and 2 books ( come 19th May , we could have spared a few more ) . |
| 25 | It leaves manager Lawrie McMenemy with just 16 players but he has so far resisted calling anybody off the standby list . |
| 26 | The former single ruling party , the Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) , came third in the National Assembly elections with just 19 seats and fifth in the elections to the Senate with three seats . |
| 27 | Mixing aggression with an improved defensive technique , Hick reached 50 from just 79 balls and even the loss of Atherton and Richard Blakey in quick succession , leaving the innings in ruins once again , did not faze him . |
| 28 | The design is in just two colours and is displayed as such . |
| 29 | This means that the seller has made a return of 50 per cent on his initial investment of 200 in just five days while the buyer has lost 50 per cent of his initial investment . |
| 30 | The LP was recorded in just six weeks and the band snubbed luxuries like the studio 's swimming pool . |