Example sentences of "[pers pn] were just [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You were just in the right place at the right time . ’
2 I was only teasing you because I thought you were just like the rest of them .
3 ‘ When the lights went out , we were just behind the stage .
4 But they were just at the design stage when early on a July morning in 1978 twelve passengers died in a fire on Mark 1 sleeping cars of the Penzance to Paddington overnight train .
5 Hanging back so they were just at the limit of vision , she followed them through the tunnels of the complex , occasionally passing other personnel or soldiers , who ignored her to concentrate on their search for the fugitive .
6 Often they were just on the edge of being happy .
7 Their running was impeded by the mass of men coming out of the main doors and scattering in all directions , and heads down , they made their way between them to the back of the Naafi and into the rest room , which was empty ; and they were just in the process of taking off their wet top coats when the supervisor came in , saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm in luck ; I was about to send to the hut for help .
8 And er they were just they were just in the in the act of of of tapping of tapping a couple of these barrels , and er i it was unfortunate that the that the police showed up .
9 They were just like the creature outside , but only about twenty centimetres long .
10 They were humans but they were just like the monsters .
11 they were just like the old fashioned kind and er we 've never been to Harrendle since and whenever I get to Harrendle I 'd get some more sausages .
12 But some of them were just in the wrong place at the wrong time .
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