Example sentences of "was [adv] just [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 2 | In 1786 , when the true age of man was only just beginning to be appreciated , Anglo-Saxon remains were first identified as such . |
| 3 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 4 | Alas , I was only just beginning to be visually aware , but to the extent to which I have grown in such awareness over the years I believe it was Basil and Ruth who started to make me look and see . |
| 5 | It was only just getting over the shock 21 years later when an apparition sauntered past St Paul ‘ s School and round the corner of Gartocher Road into Shettleston Road . |
| 6 | The Sheikh was only just getting into his stride . |
| 7 | As curare was only just emerging from obscurity ( see Chapter 6 ) , this was a very prompt seizure of a new opportunity for therapy . |
| 8 | When I first visited John Smiths in 1968 , the council was only just embarking on its policy of making Glasgow a city dedicated to the motorway . |
| 9 | She sounded astonished , and I knew that the real danger of the moment was only just occurring to her . |
| 10 | The woman was not just getting on her nerves now . |
| 11 | That ability has led us into the more specialized areas and it has demonstrated that success was not just getting through the traumas of the 70s and taking costs out of the business , but in finding different directions in which to take the business . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 13 | Price Waterhouse , it seems , was not just investing in the Prudential by dropping the audit fee by 14% . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want me to stay ? ’ she asked simply , and he knew she was not just talking about leaving the room . |
| 15 | He was n't just playing at being the star . |
| 16 | It was n't just going to be papers , it could be health clinics , bookshops , making a network of people sharing lifestyles and indeed an economic base . |
| 17 | Ah but I was n't just meaning on the concrete bit . |
| 18 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |