Example sentences of "[pron] was just as well " in BNC.

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31 Perhaps it was just as well .
32 Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not .
33 It was just as well he knew that , Masklin thought , because otherwise he 'd think it was Outside .
34 It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country .
35 So it was just as well Old Red never allowed anyone on duty , including perhaps himself , to remember that he also was human — and still a good deal younger than General Francis .
36 And perhaps it was just as well because there , on the seat of the rag cart and sitting as patiently as the pony was standing , was Ben .
37 It was just as well that he did n't know my long-term aim was to be a pro golfer .
38 But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball .
39 And it was just as well that she did so because Harry appeared at that moment , to lead her out for sherry and soda .
40 It was just as well that he would soon be yoked to Virginia , so that his desire for his headstrong gypsy would never be allowed free rein .
41 He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well .
42 It was just as well they missed each other .
43 If a week of being looked after had gone such a fair way to turning me into a drivelling weakling , it was just as well I had n't let Dottie tempt me to any more of it .
44 It was just as well that Alan did decide to complete the diet after six weeks , as it turned out that many of his vitamin and mineral levels were sinking fast .
45 Kraal was inclined to say , fixing Woil with a glare and flexing his talons back and forth to make it clear that it was just as well there were three cages between them because if there were n't …
46 It was just as well .
47 It was just as well .
48 On the whole , he thought to himself , perhaps it was just as well .
49 It was just as well .
50 It was just as well , she thought ruefully , that he was an easy , undemanding companion , and had it not been for the throbbing behind her eyes she might have considered the evening pleasant enough .
51 ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ?
52 Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock .
53 But perhaps it was just as well , and at least the physical toll the climb was taking had , temporarily at least , driven other sensations from her body .
54 It was just as well , she told herself , that they had been interrupted .
55 As they passed the stone pillars , Robbie took a fleeting wistful glance at her dream house , but it was just as well , she told herself firmly , that she was not to enter it again .
56 It was just as well .
57 It was just as well to remember whose side you were on .
58 It was just as well she had arrived early , she thought .
59 It was just as well .
60 I slowed some more and it was just as well or I would have missed him .
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