Example sentences of "[adj] just as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heart racing , she felt for the dangling cord and flooded the room with light just as the door closed quietly . |
| 2 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 3 | He who does what is right , is righteous just as he |
| 4 | ‘ What an idiot ! ’ cried Pétain , on learning at Verdun that a battalion commander , having received the order of alert just as the rations arrived , had ordered his men to depart forthwith on empty stomachs ; ‘ He does n't deserve to be a corporal . ’ |
| 5 | The blue-greens , therefore , flourish uncropped just as they did when they were the most advanced form of life anywhere in the world . |
| 6 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 7 | Recognise that this is a form of self-importance — that everyone is perfect just as they are . |
| 8 | No I can honestly say that Two Weeks On , Two Weeks Off suits me fine just as long as he minds to cut his toe-nails … |
| 9 | She 's far too valuable just as she is , even if her sixth sense did n't mention Epping Forest until after our crime reporter did . |
| 10 | He arrived early in the morning to break his fast just as the young woman I mentioned earlier was leaving . |
| 11 | Mirth is an escape from the humdrum just as the transcendent is an escape from the mundane . |
| 12 | If they were to set up their own company in America instead , and negotiate a distribution deal with an American major just as they had done with Island when first setting up Virgin — then that profit margin could be inflated from around 18 per cent to 80 per cent . |
| 13 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , both clubs went bust just as we were starting to draw a decent audience ! |
| 15 | Linigan 's goal later left the forlorn Chris Waddle and his Wednesday mates in tears as Wembley became a sea of red-and-white just as it had been after the same Coca-Cola Cup scoreline a month earlier . |
| 16 | She wanted to be left alone just as she was , wherever she was , but the people would not leave her alone . |
| 17 | We talk about ‘ god ’ sometimes here at home , and you have been told at school to sing hymns and say prayers to ‘ god ’ , and you hear ‘ god ’ spoken about on the radio and television , also your friends talk and argue about ‘ god ’ , but nobody at all will tell you who or what ‘ god ’ really is , and this is because ‘ god ’ is only imaginary just as fairies are . |
| 18 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 19 | We launched our offensive just as the meeting was supposed to have started . |
| 20 | And there 's a filter light and he said oh you 'll be waiting here ages put it in neutral just as |
| 21 | I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my eyes , and my eyes get hot just as though they were burning but I do n't mind that in the least , and Miss Honey … |
| 22 | The Swede , playing in the penultimate group , finished his round just as Spanish television came on the air and the situation embarrassed tournament director David Probyn . |
| 23 | It was an effort to move their legs but just possible , and they edged forward , past Mr Chan and Steve , past a couple of policemen — all looking as if their real selves were somewhere else and only their bodies were on Monument Hill , held immobile just as the cars were . |
| 24 | She reached the other side unscathed just as the man gave a grunt of triumph and twisted his victim 's hand behind her back , wrenching what looked like a purse out of her hand . |
| 25 | Real Evil is to Bad just as Saintliness and Heroism to Decent Behaviour . |
| 26 | You may feel inadequate at this point , because whatever you do for her will not seem to lift the cloud of her despair , but by being willing simply to be there and available in the background , accepting uncritically her inevitable mood-swings , and allowing her to talk , weep , or remain silent just as she wishes , you will be proving your concern for her ; and loving concern and the right to grieve in their own way is what the bereaved need most of all . |