Example sentences of "but just [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 2 | But just when he was thinking it was his exclusive preserve , along came Monty . |
| 3 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |
| 4 | Yeah , but just because they 're a rubbish band , does n't mean that they ca n't communicate , and that 's sort of the image that we 're portraying here . |
| 5 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |
| 6 | You know I 'd be allowed to watch that but just because there was a film on |
| 7 | But just because I 'm a lesbian did n't mean to say that I 'm going to pounce on every woman that I meet . |
| 8 | Well he , , well , you know but just because he 's leaving he he seems to think that he 's got to upturn the , upturn the , upturn the term . |
| 9 | But just as they were becoming sexy , she would leave the room and go to bed , while he would stretch out on the sofa and watch TV . |
| 10 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 11 | But just as she was stepping into the cab , she clutched me : ‘ I have loved you so much , darling Lily . ’ |
| 12 | The phone rang on and on , but just as she was about to give up she was answered by a sleepy female voice . |
| 13 | But just as she was waiting apprehensively , he said , |
| 14 | But just as she was about to tell him to brace up she heard an exclamation from further down the corridor . |
| 15 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 16 | Snow does have a certain corpuscular arrangement , which fits it to produce ideas of coldness and of whiteness in us ; but just as there is nothing in fire resembling our idea of pain , so there need be nothing in snow resembling the whiteness and coldness it appears to have . |
| 17 | There was no reply , but just as I was turning away I swear I heard Dawn sneeze . |
| 18 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 19 | But just as I was trying to explain it to her , they repeated the telephone number , so I rang them up . |
| 20 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 21 | I snarl , but just as I 'm turning about this itch comes … |
| 22 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |