Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were not just inconvenient and disruptive , but sinful . |
| 32 | But they were n't just ordinary straightforward pars . |
| 33 | They were n't just head and shoulders better but chest and waist too . |
| 34 | Like actors remembered as great for just turning up , the moths are recalled as gigantic , vivid images when they were probably just spectral smudges . |
| 35 | That she should have wasted time crying over him was not just amazing , it was incredible . |
| 36 | As well they were they was not just plain yes it was bonny . |
| 37 | I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless . |
| 38 | Irritable but excited , as though he were only just able to hold something important under control . |
| 39 | It was n't just that . |
| 40 | ‘ More 's the pity it was n't just that . |
| 41 | ‘ It was n't just that . |
| 42 | It was n't just that . |
| 43 | ‘ No , Luke — it was n't just that . |
| 44 | It was n't just that machinery might burst apart causing disasters , but the things they sold to eat were risky , especially in this heat . |
| 45 | ‘ It was n't just that . |
| 46 | ‘ You blame me for returning to England because of my job but it was n't just that and it was n't all my fault . ’ |
| 47 | Well it was n't just that , he was I mean he ti if , say I wanted to work Friday or Saturday or whenever |
| 48 | It was n't just young people like at school , it was all sorts . |
| 49 | Tom Dawson had hovered on the brink between life and death , and all the time they had worked so desperately to save him , she had been aware that it was n't just one life they had been fighting for but two . |
| 50 | It was n't just hot air — it was a blow against FAKINTIL that was as deadly in its way as a Bronco strike . |
| 51 | But it was n't just wet : it was raw , cold and grey . |
| 52 | It was n't just red-tape delays , Home Office routines , that sort of thing ? ’ |
| 53 | It was n't just mad malai Colonels looking for action . |
| 54 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
| 55 | Do you think anyone will believe it was n't just more of the same ? ’ |
| 56 | Only this time the difference was that I really cared — it was n't just hurt pride . ’ |
| 57 | It was n't just Frank they were looking for , if they had n't shot him already and buried him in some bog . |
| 58 | Suddenly it was n't just fun any more , and his parents were not so content to encourage hi , He had a job as an engineer at British Aerospace , he had security , prospects . |
| 59 | It was n't just bombed-out hippies who dropped in , but the likes of Jagger , Watts , and Brian Jones as well . |
| 60 | Because it was n't just last night that made her cool and wary towards this friend of her mother 's . |