Example sentences of "[is] just something " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes I try to think about the concepts behind the immersion and about being spiritually cleansed , and sometimes mikva is just something that has to be done on time , and the spiritual significance is almost forgotten in the ritual of the act .
2 Tenderness is just something that women like because it gives them the upper hand .
3 I am sure if The Box is just something you stick the kids down to watch while you get on with something else , harm can be done .
4 Walking , it seems , is just something that we do , like breathing .
5 I 'm afraid this is just something you have to get used to , like a nurse in a hospital — it goes with the job .
6 When an idiom is just something that has the form of , has a certain apparent grammatical form but actually occurs just as a single unit of a fixed meaning , so it has no genuine semantic structure from which you can determine its meaning , for example kick the bucket means die and you do n't get that in the meaning of kick the bucket .
7 Is that something that other folk on Stronsay know or is just something you
8 Well it 's against all training that we receive , there is no need for it it is just something that we would not do .
9 Joan for what it 's worth erm and this is just something you might want to think about a mobile is worth its weight in gold .
10 And what I 'm giving is just something nice in the spirit of Christmas but it has n't broken my bank or my back .
11 Mm and what I 'm giving is just something nice in the spirit of Christmas , but it has n't broken my bank or my back
12 I know Perhaps it is just something that
13 ‘ We do n't think of this as a sport ; it 's just something that has to be done . ’
14 For me , there 's just something more powerful in Man 's ultimate punishments — whether they 're on a humanist level or a more mystical level — than in his ultimate rewards .
15 It 's just something to say .
16 It would be nice to see him married like the others , but it 's just something that I 've got to accept .
17 Do n't feel defeated : it 's just something new you needed to learn .
18 I do not claim to be gifted — it 's just something you either possess or you do n't .
19 Well , that 's obviously a bit of a ridiculous generalisation , but there 's just something about his playing that was unexplainable .
20 I suppose it 's just something that I 've learned to live with .
21 ‘ It 's just something we started doing , ’ says Edgar .
22 ‘ Yes , but that 's just something that happened in the outside world .
23 ‘ It 's just something that happens between two people .
24 ‘ I bathe topless in the South of France , I bathe topless in my garden — it 's just something that I do , ’ she says .
25 There 's just something about him .
26 There 's just something special about it .
27 " No , it 's just something to do .
28 Well it 's just , it 's just something to bear in mind .
29 It 's just something that happens in my brain . ’
30 ‘ It 's just something we found .
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