Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 2 | And , as the hairs on head and body are all at different stages of the hair growth cycle , waxing does not always mean that some hair does n't grow back quickly — it may have been just under the skin just waiting to pop out ! |
| 3 | That seemed unlikely to win over the malcontents , but it may have been just enough to get the president home . |
| 4 | I doubt whether this implied anything lurid ; it may have been just a consultation . |
| 5 | It should have been just the incentive Ipswich needed to take control of the game but instead it was Newcastle who went in at half-time leading . |
| 6 | It should have been just one of those stories one dines out on afterwards , only the wretched woman thought I was being deliberately insulting and complained to the Management . |
| 7 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 8 | It must have been just after I left , thought Joan . |
| 9 | It must have been just before Boswell picked her up . |
| 10 | It must have been just before I left home in November . |
| 11 | I was about eleven at the time , it must have been just after the war . |
| 12 | Well , and I went to Ipswich well it must have been just after the war then |
| 13 | And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W. |
| 14 | No it must have been just coincidence . |
| 15 | She said well it must have been just those two little bits . |
| 16 | Police think it could 've been just a dirty night out . |
| 17 | Er you saw the er saw him five years ago in the navy , now it could 've been just a regular check which every seaman gets or it could be , it could 've been something of a serious nature . |
| 18 | ‘ It could have been just a bush moving in the breeze . |
| 19 | I , I think it could have been just put into user friendly English . |
| 20 | it could have been just because it 's , just had just newly changed hands and it might have |
| 21 | With an authoritarian captain to instil some pep into them , a draw or two may have been salvaged and it would have been just another defeat rather than an abject cave-in , but Gower was not able to pick them up . |
| 22 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
| 23 | Mind you , this is not quite as unsatisfactory as the ‘ Piano Quartet ’ set where it would have been just possible to confine Op. 26 and Op. 60 to the second disc , rather than breaking after the magical slow movement of the earlier of these two works . |
| 24 | To rely upon the 1982 accounts as providing a reason for deciding to discount these bills would have been reckless ; it would have been just and equitable to require Union Discount to bear the whole of the loss . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It would have been just like Chris to hide the Grimoire down there , ’ Donna said , pointing towards the abyss beyond the steps . |
| 26 | It would have been just her luck if the damned thing had broken down en route , leaving her at the mercy of his unexpected return . |
| 27 | It would have been just like her to take a method like this to exact a petty revenge for their disagreements , landing Folly with a pile of unwanted stock that she could n't refuse without souring relations with her supplier . |
| 28 | But when I think it would have been just eight years from completion now , up to a height of about 400 feet , I think it 's sad we did n't get permission to build it . |
| 29 | ‘ It would have been just like Jean to have gone along for the journey . ’ |