Example sentences of "was just what they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And we have wasted all this time resisting provocation , which was just what they wanted . |
| 2 | And that was just what they wanted to hear . |
| 3 | And that was just what they did , although Beth only picked at her food , her heart too full to eat . |
| 4 | Few will react by thinking that their redundancy was just what they needed — even if this is , in fact , true . |
| 5 | On the face of it he was just what they needed : minor-public-school background , not over-academic but Lausanne-trained and with experience of the top hotel groups in England , Europe and the Far East . |