Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the nature of a revelation but like all revelations , she thought , it has been just below the surface of my mind , lingering unrecognised , waiting , and now I see it and it is a familiar friend . |
| 2 | All it wants is just a slight tap with a hammer . |
| 3 | And all it takes is just a little work to understand exactly how . |
| 4 | Now , I put it to you that it is obvious that we all know and suspect it is a false prospectus and that the sort of recovery it implies is just not on . |
| 5 | You can tell she 's in a good mood from the number of bitchy remarks : from Glenys Kinnock 's dress sense ( ‘ Silly girl to be wearing Yves Saint Laurent ’ ) to the election campaign ( ‘ It 's been just like an American election : no ideas ’ ) to John Major 's now certain victory ( ‘ It 's conserved everything we 've stood for ’ — we , doubtless , in the sense of I ) . |
| 6 | Now , it 's been just the four months for me . |
| 7 | Previously it 's been just a blank sheet of printing paper shut up in a lightproof envelope ; now it has a function , an image , a certainty . |
| 8 | It 's been just trenches , tents and gymnasiums lately . ’ |
| 9 | It 's been just lying here . |
| 10 | ‘ And yet you can look at the thing in Star Wars and the sounds it makes are just perfect for it . ’ |