Example sentences of "if [pers pn] was just " in BNC.
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| 1 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 2 | ‘ If I was just a film actor maybe I would have done because that 's where all the films get made . |
| 3 | If she was just a pop star she would not be able to do it , ’ said Mel Bush . |
| 4 | But he merely looked embarrassed and said : ‘ Oh — hi ! ’ as he passed as if she was just a casual acquaintance . |
| 5 | For all I knew she was with you , but if she was just a visitor , I had to make sure she would be all right . |
| 6 | She said — and I do n't know if she was just bullshitting me , ’ and here Blufton opened his palms in a gesture of frankness , ‘ that she 'd found out the dates when a couple of lorries were due at Dover . |
| 7 | Feeling a little dizzy at being caught in the whirlwind of Faye 's enthusiasm , and wondering if she was just imagining a slightly brittle , overwrought quality to it this morning , Belinda listened to several more of Faye 's ideas for ‘ Getting Tom to notice you as a woman ’ . |
| 8 | Edward Carrington had wondered if he was drunk , or if she was just a dreadful tease , mocking the Englishman of European myth . |
| 9 | I do n't know if she was just wandering around , but , you know and erm I went up to , went and got the keys and then went and locked the door again . |
| 10 | God , if it was just time ! |
| 11 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not being afraid of dying , ’ adds Salli , ‘ but I 'd hate to die having done nothing , even if it was just a little step forward . |
| 13 | Even if it was just somewhere built by humans . ’ |
| 14 | I wondered if she really felt strongly about this or if it was just a habit to sound as if she did . |
| 15 | ‘ If it was just defying the village I would n't think twice . |
| 16 | If it was just for money , then we would have had a ransom demand by now . ’ |
| 17 | And I always watched Wimbledon on the telly , even if it was just to see the lady players in those short skirts ( apart from old ‘ muscles ’ Navratilova ! ) . |
| 18 | was a bit drunk one afternoon at about four o'clock and he said , ‘ If it was just an ‘ oul book we could have done something for you but with marrying this foreign woman you 're a hopeless case . ’ |
| 19 | If it was just in brackets then I ignored it |
| 20 | If it was just a six point , or a seven point , then it was a real coarse one , cheap , for American markets . |
| 21 | Moreover , reform is ruled out because either the new second chamber would be less democratic than the Commons in which case it should not be able to delay legislation , or if it was just as democratic then there is no point in having two chambers , the more so since there is the potential problem of constitutional deadlock between them . |
| 22 | Let him wonder if it was just a casual remark . |
| 23 | If it was just an isolated prank ( and he 's capable of a prank like that ) , he would have told me , at least after the slippering . |
| 24 | ‘ I think the full list would lose its stature if it was just to open its doors to everything . |
| 25 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 26 | If it was just a question of effort , the pit would be in no danger . ’ |
| 27 | So if it was just two rooms you had , |
| 28 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 29 | Maybe we will find out next year if it was just beginners luck . |
| 30 | but those stairs wo n't like , I mean , I would n't like it that if it was just indoors forever would you , honestly ? |