Example sentences of "[noun sg] just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aunts and cousins arrived for their annual break just after I had finished my finals . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be naive and stupid to think we have a walkover just because we are favourites for the First Division title . |
| 3 | Above all , make an effort not to develop psychological reactions to chemicals — never assume that you are going to react to a chemical just because you have in the past . |
| 4 | If in a subsequent Act Parliament chooses to make it plain that the earlier statute is being to some extent repealed , effect must be given to that intention just because it is the will of the Legislature . |
| 5 | It is just because the whole of this institution of married women 's property existed in Equity only that Equity could mould the institution just as it pleased . |
| 6 | There 's no animosity within my region on the fact that one person felt one thing and one felt another and as democratic trade unionists there should n't be any in-fighting or animosity just because we need to discuss something on which we disagree . |
| 7 | We can be locked into the ritual just as we become locked into a dance sequence once we have entered upon it . |
| 8 | It went through cleavage just as it would have done in contact with its sister-cell … |
| 9 | Poor Elsie had died of the whooping cough just after Harry had gone to America , so now there was only Edna at home in the daytime to help her mother . |
| 10 | And when the grandson left school , ‘ I worked in my grandfather 's boat just as he had worked in his grandfather 's … |
| 11 | FitzAlan reined in his horse just before the trees thinned out . |
| 12 | They 'd lie on you as you lifted the leg : a town horse seemed double the weight of a country horse just because it were leg-weary . |
| 13 | As it flopped its way forward , the vulnerable underside came down on the ring just as the mini-grenade in the stone erupted into satisfying flame . |
| 14 | Uncle Jack called to complain of being kept in the dark just when his expertise in such matters — of which Charlotte was unaware — might be most valuable . |
| 15 | Dot 's eyes were growing used to the dark just like they had to in the shelter when the warden 's lamp went out . |
| 16 | Coming in on this conspicuous palm tree on a course of 310 °M , you will pass to port a prominent flat-topped and nearly awash rock just before you get to the reef opening itself . |
| 17 | Like the commander , whom Peter met at Plumford Vicarage just before they left for Abbotsfield , the car had seen better days . |
| 18 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've written off my car just because of a spider , ’ Stephanie groaned yesterday . |
| 20 | Mr Wishart hurried off to the refreshment room , luckily got served straight away and with difficulty got back to the compartment just as the guard was blowing his whistle ; the old lady took one of the paper cups of tea and murmured her thanks . |
| 21 | If you apply force just as the swing attains its maximum height and begins to drop , you add energy most efficiently , in synchrony with the swing 's cycle . |
| 22 | ‘ Women in prison get a raw deal just because they are women . |
| 23 | ‘ He wants people to have a square deal just because he did n't have one . ’ |
| 24 | The truck had toppled off the roof just when he was walking underneath it . |
| 25 | Only the pre-lunch session was possible on the second day , drizzle intensifying to heavy rain which even penetrated the Press-box roof just as Cornhill Insurance were announcing their two-year extension of sponsorship . |
| 26 | Some say it is an irresponsible attitude but is n't it more irresponsible to use a vote just because the law commands it ? |
| 27 | Blood gushed from a wound on her temple , running down into her eyes , but she saw Nahum Morey 's fatal collapse just before she crumpled into unconsciousness at the foot of the stairs . |
| 28 | The pangolin is a forest animal and at the same time a taxonomic enigma : it cuts across several distinct categories in Lele zoology just as it does in ours . |
| 29 | ‘ I gave him a jam sandwich just before you arrived . |
| 30 | No one person can be blamed for the tragedy just as Lear can not be all the victim nor all the instigator . |