Example sentences of "[adj] 's just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps more revealingly , he is also consistently godlike on Radio 4 's Just A Minute programme , where participants have to talk for a minute without repetition or hesitation . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , do n't worry , ’ Peter interjected , ‘ that 's just part and parcel of everything . |
| 3 | one of my sections in the subdivision is thinking of declaring UDI [ unilateral declaration of independence ] from the Divisional Headquarters … as for Headquarters and the Force organizational structure , well that 's just a joke as far as these men are concerned . |
| 4 | No doubt there are modern adepts who might scoff at our amateur efforts , but that 's just what we were , amateurs struggling in a land for the E6 leader or the A3 and A4 aider , without being able to do either . |
| 5 | He told us what he was going to do and we knew some people were going to get killed , but that 's just life . |
| 6 | I could look at all these things and say that 's just not the right way to do it . |
| 7 | Of course , that 's just not possible . ’ |
| 8 | But that 's just the start ; counts of 200 are not uncommon and in summer 1984 the pollen count in central London reached a record 820 . |
| 9 | That 's just an estimate — nobody really knows what the figure is because nobody bothers to calculate it . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's just a dream , ’ Sergei Grigoryan , the second secretary of the local party , said . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's just a ploy — done to impress a prospective client who 's coming this afternoon. , |
| 12 | ‘ Fill me in … that 's just about it , Pat , nice choice of words . ’ |
| 13 | That 's just what you wanted , half her mind was saying excitedly . |
| 14 | That 's just crazy . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd have preferred it pink , that 's more feminine like , but them dull colours , that 's just like the Princesses used to wear . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That 's just the noise of the loudspeakers . ’ |
| 17 | Even better this year than last , though maybe that 's just an illusion . |
| 18 | ‘ Nonsense , my dear , that 's just superstition . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing you would do — to make yourself look big — to make me look a fool . |
| 20 | That 's just the sort of thing you 'd like ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That 's just what you would do . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's just an excuse . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's just ridiculous . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's it , that 's just the kind of thing ! |
| 25 | ‘ That 's just an excuse . ’ |
| 26 | She describes herself as ‘ big and strong ’ , even though she readily admits she probably is n't actually that big — that 's just the way she feels about herself , the way she feels she has to be . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , that 's just it , is n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well that 's just too bad ! ’ snapped Evelyn . |
| 29 | And that 's just among the parents . |
| 30 | Sorry , that 's just Performing Monkeys , no ‘ female ’ at all . |