Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [be] just " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Well they must have been just well they must have I did n't see them |
| 2 | Smugglers , escaped convicts , drenched fishermen , or they might have been just watching the storm , voyeuristically curious to see a boat break up in choppy water . |
| 3 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 4 | I could hear vague noises for a bit , but even straining I could n't make out what they were , and they could have been just noises on the line . |
| 5 | At another time and another place they would have been just another set of happy holiday snaps . |