Example sentences of "for just a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the Palace asked for just a thousand exclusive ties to be made . |
| 2 | The saloon , which only has two doors and is not sold in Germany , will account for just a tiny fraction of the 37,000 cars Volkswagen intends to export to Britain during 1991 . |
| 3 | ‘ How many would one need , ’ Alexandra asked , her eyes on the hens , ‘ for just a small household , say eight people ? |
| 4 | He was killed for just a small amount of money . |
| 5 | Embankments can vary considerably in size ; many cater for just a slight change in the level of the ground . |
| 6 | They were all out for just a hundred and fifty seven and the outcome was never in doubt after Graham Gooch and Ian Botham an opening stand of fifty in reply . |
| 7 | As he handed her one of the glasses their eyes met briefly , and it occurred to Lisa , for just a fleeting instant , that he was feeling almost as nervous as she was . |
| 8 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 9 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 10 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 11 | To coincide with the Year of the Maze , Chatsworth 's famous yew labyrinth is being opened for just a few days during the year , the next openings being on August 18 and September 15 . |
| 12 | The cellular type are best for just a few seeds : sow two or three in each cell and thin to one if more germinate . |
| 13 | The completed portraits now hang in the Quaderia dell'Ospedale Maggiore , and can be seen on occasions , for just a few weeks every other year as a rule . |
| 14 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |
| 15 | For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays . |
| 16 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 17 | The success of modestly-priced courses such as East Horton and the increasing popularity of driving ranges , where anyone can turn up with a three wood and a five iron and whack a basket of balls for just a few pounds , shows that golf can still thrive in the recession — if the price is right . |
| 18 | For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street . |
| 19 | For just a few seconds , Lucinda hesitated ; for just long enough to take in the shock of white hair , the lined , weather-worn face and the tremendous size of him . |
| 20 | There is even a special plan which enables you to insure your repayments — in case of illness , an accident or redundancy — for just a few pounds a month . |
| 21 | A pond that is iced over for just a few days will come to no harm , but in a prolonged freeze , the fish may suffer unless you take precautions . |
| 22 | Jane 's mum Mary , 50 , was beaten to death for just a few pounds in 1981 . |
| 23 | One thing which will prove very disconcerting for a young puppy is to be left on its own in kennels after being in a home for just a few weeks . |
| 24 | Had its fabric endured with its frescoes undamaged for just a few centuries longer , it might well have been ranked as one of the world 's Seven Wonders . |
| 25 | Big undertakings like Sheffield and Worth only required twenty or thirty men each , and of course for just a few weeks at a time . |
| 26 | But today , with more time at her disposal , she could no longer resist the adventure , and in a moment she was out of her own plain black Sunday dress , with its detachable white collar and cuffs , and into the sumptuous white silk which had clothed her dead mother once and for just a few short hours . |
| 27 | Kleiman suggested that this was because his shadowing task had occupied space in the readers ' " working memory " — a kind of short-term memory useful in retaining numbers and words for just a few seconds . |
| 28 | But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century . |
| 29 | ‘ Come on , ’ Ace yelled , willing the motors to sacrifice their entire future lifetimes of useful work for just a few more horsepower now — and with a grinding , tearing , roaring noise the platform cracked , buckled , and was ripped from the side of the building . |
| 30 | He 'd first appeared a few months earlier for just a few minutes . |