Example sentences of "just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the " Boy Wonder " tag , he countered the quite genuine complaints that with the elementary aids available — basically just a compass and air speed indicator — it was virtually impossible to find a German target in the face of spoofs/dummies and the mounting numbers of fighters , as well as flak and searchlights . |
| 2 | Surfing was an integral part of traditional Island society : not just a sport , but a rite of passage , an initiation , an act of worship , a demonstration of power , and a form of courtship . |
| 3 | This really sapped my energies — it was so obviously just a sport for them — and I began to question whether I could go on . |
| 4 | But to the protestors who turned up today hunting is more than just a sport . |
| 5 | ‘ It was just a session I was booked for . |
| 6 | Being in love leaves this huge hole in your self , and if you 're adolescent , and do n't have a clear concept of yourself , then you are just a hole , an outline . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , just a hole , ’ he blustered . |
| 8 | The eye is basically the same shape as ours , but there is no lens and the pupil is just a hole that lets the seawater into the hollow interior of the eye . |
| 9 | Otherwise it is just a noise ! |
| 10 | All sounds the same , it 's just a noise and you know , you ca n't th the words ! |
| 11 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
| 12 | well it was just a surprise really |
| 13 | ‘ He was the Baron 's brother — his twin , but younger by just a half-hour , and so different — in looks , temperament — everything . |
| 14 | Just a half-hour 's entertainment ! |
| 15 | Good health at Guinness Brewing GB is not just a toast that precedes the downing of a jar of the product — it is also the concern of a dedicated team of medical experts . |
| 16 | MAX : Just a checkup . |
| 17 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ said Henry , a thought beginning to burgeon in his mind . |
| 18 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
| 19 | Just a minute . |
| 20 | After just a minute or so , especially if we were handling metal , we would need to stop and huff on to frozen fingers , standing around with pained expressions while circulation returned . |
| 21 | ‘ Now just a minute . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Just a minute . |
| 26 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ wobbled the blue chins as he came looming up to me like an ocean liner in a fog . |
| 27 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ Laura , partially recovered , went to April and placed a hand on her mother . |
| 29 | ‘ Just a minute . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Now just a minute — ’ |