Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] just [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just one of those Tweedledum and Tweedledee corduroy-jacket-wearing chess buffs who hung around the club . |
| 2 | I was just one of the technicians . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was sure I was just one of the one in five whose first pregnancy ends in miscarriage . ’ |
| 4 | Then suddenly the park looked so different , filled not with dragons dancing but with ordinary people , and she was just one of them . |
| 5 | She was just one of the many petitioners waiting for an audience with the Queen or her sheriffs . |
| 6 | Back in 1980 , however , they were just one of a generation of bands ( Bunnymen , Teardrops , Joy Division/New Order ) attempting to forge a new kind of rock music in the wake of the punk revolution . |
| 7 | ‘ They were just one of the off-shoots . |
| 8 | They were just three of us . |
| 9 | It was just two of us along with the surveyor . |
| 10 | It was just two in the afternoon when the Shah and the Empress and their small entourage finally took off . |
| 11 | I wondered if this might have been from surprise over the fact that I could write , but it was just one of a fair catalogue of mannerisms he had to offer . |
| 12 | It was just one of those comedy of errors . |
| 13 | He was a bad lot and it was just one of those things . |
| 14 | It was just one of those things that you can not explain . |
| 15 | It was rather special , and perhaps I should n't mention it … because it was just one of those wartime things . |
| 16 | It was just one of those situations where you find just the sound you 're looking for at that particular time . |
| 17 | ‘ It was just one of those quirky , naughty , wild sort of drunken things that people do from time to time , ’ said Lowe . |
| 18 | It was just one of my silly turns . ’ |
| 19 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 20 | Instead , it was just one of 11 qualifications they sought , with the ability to listen to and act on what customers were saying one of the ones highlighted . |
| 21 | An aide had told him it was just one of Benin 's little idiosyncrasies . |
| 22 | We just used to hang around with each other and it was just one of those things , like , that you 'd never done before . |
| 23 | It was just one of those things that happened to even the nicest people , and the sensible thing to do about it was pay £25 and turn up at a London hotel for a glass of sherry and an implicit promise of no humiliation if things did n't work out . |
| 24 | She thought now that it was just one of his acts , put on to get sympathy . |
| 25 | It was just one of these regular lunch-parties he has so that he can keep in touch with people he would n't otherwise meet . |
| 26 | It was just one of those tragic quirks of fate . |
| 27 | ‘ It was just one of those things which seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ According to the headmaster , it was just one of the older boys being careless with a used blade , ’ he concluded . |
| 29 | It was just one of those odd coincidences that happened from time to time . |
| 30 | It was just one of her many tasks . |