Example sentences of "he was just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twitch broadened fractionally into what might have been a smile on anyone else but on him was just a rearrangement of composed features . |
| 2 | He was speaking very much more quietly than when he first came in and occasionally looked reproachfully at the door as if the thing which had depressed him was just the other side of it . |
| 3 | I was n't really aware of who he was , he was just a kind of mate . |
| 4 | He was just a fool . |
| 5 | There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her . |
| 6 | Like Simon said , he was just a vandal who liked spoiling things . |
| 7 | ‘ Why is it , do you think , that there 's been this incredible reaction to Phar Lap 's death ? ’ asks the reporter : ‘ After all , he was just a horse . ’ |
| 8 | As for the wearer , or bearer of these tokens of the new age that was dawning in the East End of Glasgow , he was just a laddie . |
| 9 | ‘ You know , he was just a fine kid . |
| 10 | I was swotty but he was just a brain . |
| 11 | He was just a sprinter , and that is exactly what I consider myself . |
| 12 | ‘ He was just a regular guy , Inspector . ’ |
| 13 | I was told stories about him and I know that he was pretty much a hellraiser , but when I knew him he was just a really nice guy . |
| 14 | He was just a great , great musician . |
| 15 | No harm in him , he was just a bit of an eejit . |
| 16 | ‘ He was just a bloke walking along on his own . ’ |
| 17 | He was just a very extraordinary man and I was very fortunate to have had those twelve years . |
| 18 | He was an Alsatian/Labrador cross and Dawn , perhaps because she could see that he was just a big , overweight softie and no threat whatsoever , dropped her defences and began to relax in his company . |
| 19 | ‘ He was just a rival like everyone else . |
| 20 | I 'd never thought of marrying him , he was just a boyfriend , he did n't even seem all that attractive after I got pregnant . |
| 21 | We kept him in view until he was just a speck in the distance . |
| 22 | He thought he was just a working actor . |
| 23 | He was just a boy . |
| 24 | I could n't see his face any more with its closed , guarded expression which had kept me from going towards him ; now he was just a figure in a doorway , a symbol of home-coming . |
| 25 | In any case , he was just a boy , engrossed in his new university life . |
| 26 | After I took him over to Aldina Simmonds when he was just a tot , Turpie and Leon never met . |
| 27 | ‘ The only time I saw him was years ago ; he was just a baby with his mother . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , if I accept your hypothesis that all my subsequent experiences were hysterical embellishments , I suppose he was just a mild eccentric , an ordinary seaside retiree . ’ |
| 29 | The bairn started bringing his milk back up all the time when he was just a few days old . |
| 30 | He was just a sad old man . |