Example sentences of "[was/were] just a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 To follow , thick slices of Tortilla sandwiched between slices of bread spread with the juice of fresh tomatoes and olive oil , steaming hot pans of saffron yellow paella or ‘ trampo ’ a Majorcan salad of pepper , tomato and onion were just a few of the ‘ light ’ meals we dined on .
2 THEATRE : Bill Kenwright , Alan Bleasdale and John Doyle were just a few of the names who received rave reviews but here 's the top nominated trio .
3 And sometimes if there was just a few of the men maybe two men in the camp , they would come and help with even fencing or or erm build up a dyke or something like that Even drain they would stay for days if they wanted draining the fields , mm it was that .
4 It was just a few at first , but after a while it got more and more till it 's quite crowded now .
5 no , no , it was just a bound to be a cos you see , let me explain something to you until you gave evidence today , certainly I did n't and maybe others did n't realize in this court room that what were looking at is that one edition of the brochure which may of had several editions , do you understand ?
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