Example sentences of "was just [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 2 | Everyone at TVL was just stunned by the murder , she said . |
| 3 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 4 | The white silk tissue of the lining of the cloak was just visible at the hem , and its black brocade gleamed with pearls . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was just due to the way he 'd been sleeping lately , a restless , shallow sleep full of dreams which never seemed to work themselves out properly , leaving him half-enmeshed in their elaborate complexities even after waking . |
| 6 | Early on Dowman almost put through his own goal when his flicked header was just wide of the post . |
| 7 | The 1992 open final between St Albans and Woodmill started brightly with the southern team quickly making their intentions clear with a Greg Smale goal in the first minute and an Ian Plummer long shot which was just wide in the third minute . |
| 8 | One member was reminded in prayer of Lydia in Acts 16 who was just ready for the gospel when Paul arrived at Philippi . |
| 9 | She told herself that he did n't really mean it , that he was just angry about the way everyone was praising Therese , and about the applause and cheers that she got . |
| 10 | I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top . |
| 11 | Room was just alright for the . |
| 12 | ‘ She was just worried about the transplant . ’ |
| 13 | Maybe he was just wrong about the Fight Game . |
| 14 | Immobile , the shape of him was just discernible in the darkness of the bedroom . |