Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her motives for writing seemed phoney — he believed it was just a form of competing with him and also imitation of Eleanor . |
| 2 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 3 | Thought I was just a wannabe nobody . ’ |
| 4 | I thought I was just a bit hyper , like everyone else . |
| 5 | I told the director to put that in his film but , of course , he thought I was just a mad old teapot . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , I suppose you 're right , he probably thought I was just a harmless English eccentric ! |
| 7 | I knew it was just a matter of getting the knack ! ’ |
| 8 | Mala blinked , and grew paler , but quickly assured him that as far as she knew it was just a coincidence . |
| 9 | He tried to harden his heart in advance , but knew it was just a front . |
| 10 | She says when she was a child we thought it 's just a few joint pains . |
| 11 | ‘ You thought it was just a gag , ’ Susan said . |
| 12 | We told them she was losing the baby , but they thought it was just a scam for her to get out of the cell . |
| 13 | I liked the Western Systems WS486SX/33 : I thought it was just a cut above the other three I tested . |
| 14 | When Jancey asked him to help me out , he thought it was just a neighbour under threat . |
| 15 | I thought it was just a bang on the head . |
| 16 | I thought it was just a or something which I 'd a owed stodge |
| 17 | I thought it was just a decoration . |
| 18 | He thought he was just a working actor . |
| 19 | I thought he was just a friend of Mrs Nowak and nothing more . ’ |
| 20 | The adrenaline was certainly pumping , but I realised it was just a matter of getting over those first few minutes . |
| 21 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 22 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 23 | He said it was just a phase he was going through . |
| 24 | They said it was just a racing accident . |
| 25 | They said it was just a 15-minute nightmare . ’ |
| 26 | He says : ‘ No , I thought you said it was just a hot flush . ’ |
| 27 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 28 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 29 | I said it was just a fling . |
| 30 | The doctor said it was just a cyst and would go away ; two other doctors said the same . |