Example sentences of "[was/were] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left the bitch in possession and took her evening meal up on deck — the evenings were just warm enough and light enough . |
| 2 | Having sifted through the views of countless organizations , through its technical appraisals , through computer assessments , it had concluded that there were just two places where it would pursue its investigations for an underground dump . |
| 3 | Between 1974 and 1975 , there were just two Rottweilers registered with the New Zealand Kennel Club . |
| 4 | She married young , and was divorced when her children were just two and five . |
| 5 | But then they were just two little boys . |
| 6 | But these were just two little subcultures , and in no way representative of Britain as a whole . |
| 7 | Newly-weds Nigel and Emma Thorpe were just two of the nurses enticed by a job at Heidelberg University Hospital , accommodation and language training . |
| 8 | His nap East Barns ( 12-1 ) , also selected by Henry Rix , and next best African Chimes ( evens ) were just two of his five winners at the all-weather track , which also included Island Blade ( 8-1 ) . |
| 9 | Becoming a gigolo and selling boats in Fiji were just two of the more inventive careers accountants said they would follow if they could have their professional life all over again . |
| 10 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 11 | The following year Brando and Clift were just two of an array of stars in the big-scale war film The Young Lions , but did not appear together . |
| 12 | Seems I was wrong when I said there were just two common ways of arranging fuel and water tanks . |
| 13 | If there were just two , as in the face-to-face dialogue , then the ethical would preside as the injunction of responsibility for the other . |
| 14 | IVANA TRUMP and Chris Eubank were just two of the celebrities at Esquire 's charity midsummer fashion show . |
| 15 | How about if there were just two of use and we had two lots of three ? |
| 16 | Now that there were just two of us we were often left unchained for most of the day , certainly from breakfast to lunch-time . |
| 17 | This was a big , big city , and we were just two unimportant young men from a small town . |
| 18 | ‘ You knew there were just two envelopes in there ? ’ she continued . |
| 19 | They were just two people in love . ’ |
| 20 | Suppose there were just two top priorities : the tip of the peg should make contact with the socket ( perhaps for some electrical transmission ) and that the peg should , be aligned with the socket . |
| 21 | BRITAIN 'S Pamela Wright and Trish Johnson were just two shots off the lead at the halfway point of the Nabisco Dinah Shore tournament at Rancho Mirage , California . |
| 22 | Those were just two of them . |
| 23 | oh right , oh I did n't realize , there were just two parcels on the erm |
| 24 | When owner Leonard Ingrams and his wife Rosalind first organised opera at Garsington 4 years ago there were just two performances — now there are 10 . |
| 25 | They were just two points away and the last event was the shooting … the RAF 's weakest spot . |
| 26 | The cherry and whites were just two points short of victory at Leicester last saturday … they fought back from ten points down with 13 men … |
| 27 | There were just two balls remaining when seventh wicket pair Adrian Semple and Graham Benson saw North Down home . |
| 28 | There were just two more votes for opting out than against , and Education Secretary John Patten decided the vote was unsafe because of ‘ errors in the distribution of ballot papers . ’ |
| 29 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 30 | Consider the facts : there are about 3,000 architects in Scotland ; workloads have declined by as much as 60 per cent ; and some firms report that they are only half the size they were just two years ago . |