Example sentences of "[prep] just [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he engaged in some pastoral work in the years after his ordination , preaching and hearing confessions , his time was spent almost entirely in the papal civil service and , until the appointment to Germany for just over a decade , almost entirely in Rome . |
| 2 | She 's been with them now for just over a month , and Angelica has never known a worker like her . |
| 3 | From here you walk north-east following forest paths and tracks for just under a mile . |
| 4 | I sat next to Grant at a private screening of Just Like a Woman . |
| 5 | The pacemaker maintained a good gallop as the runners swept away from the stands down towards Swinley Bottom and still had the lead as they made the long right-hand turn with just under a mile to go . |
| 6 | But as those boxing her in came away from the rails at the entrance to the home stretch she found a good run up the inside , and when Teleprompter ran out of stamina with just over a furlong to go Pat Eddery shot the favourite into the lead and made for the wire . |
| 7 | Third at the last fence , he passed Royal Mail and with just over a furlong to go was finishing so strongly that it looked as if he must catch Aldaniti . |
| 8 | Right : P&O Roadtanks driver , Ken Burgess , sees the end in sight as he runs along The Mall with just over a mile to go |
| 9 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 10 | Most importantly the Chardonnay in the grand cru sector has risen from nearly a third to over a half of the vines cultivated , while in the premiers crus it has dropped from just under a half to less than 40% . |
| 11 | But the young Swede 's heroic 65 ended in tears when he missed from just over a yard at the final hole , while Love sank a twisting 15 footer and Couples followed him in from 18 inches . |
| 12 | Just think what Stuttgart , say , was able to put together in just over a decade . |
| 13 | In just over a decade , their ambitious goal to reach every village in the islands is close to being realised with more than 4,300 workshops covering a wide range of development issues . |
| 14 | Despite the difficulties of his predicament however , Gould managed to return to Sydney in just over a fortnight after writing his letter to Eliza . |
| 15 | Lloyd reached 100 in just 128 balls with a six and 11 boundaries in a thrilling run blitz as England A raced to 300 for five declared , leaving Western Australia to score 402 for victory in just over a day . |
| 16 | Three cocaine smugglers have died in just over a month after swallowing their contraband to beat searches . |
| 17 | WAYNE McCullough turned up the heat again last night for his third victory in just over a month . |
| 18 | ‘ I certainly did n't need my boss , Tim Dunton , informing me that when I reach the ripe old age of twenty-six , in just over a month 's time , it 's going to be definitely downhill all the way ! ’ |
| 19 | So , in JUST LIKE A WOMAN ( Cert 15 ; General ) , it 's a bit of a relief when Gerald ( Adrian Pasdar ) finally admits he gets his kicks out of dressing as a woman — and proves the point by making himself up into the gorgeous Geraldine in front of her . |
| 20 | So you think that resources ought to be allocated on the basis of need of particularly populations , and an analysis of the spread of within the age groups , rather than on just on a sort of so much per head uniform way . |
| 21 | Underwriting losses in Q2 down just over a half from $85.6m to $39.6m produced deficit $73.6m lower at $104.8m . |
| 22 | Spanish-speakers have grown from a third of Dade County 's people to just over a half . |
| 23 | Trim your cutting to just under a leaf node with a sharp knife or razor blade — they should end up around three inches long — and remove the leaves from the bottom half . |
| 24 | Always , when dead-heading or taking flowers as cut bloom , observe the above principle of cutting or cleaning back to just above a node . |
| 25 | She kept her voice to just above a whisper . |
| 26 | Make each cutting 3–4in long and trim to just below a node ( leaf joint ) . |
| 27 | Take 3in-long shoots of this season 's growth and trim to just below a leaf bud . |
| 28 | This needs no breaking in , has a waterproof Goretex lining and weighs in at just over a pound a pair . |
| 29 | We make them at just under a pound but what the record companies charge for them in the shops is up to them |
| 30 | as if to mock us , Howe 's remarks preceded the release of the South Korean hostage Do Chae Sung by just a few weeks and the liberation of two French hostages by just over a month . |