Example sentences of "was just the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was just the news I was hoping for . |
| 2 | But for all Dwyer 's optimism , this was just the sort of loose game in which the Wallabies excel and , although they have undoubted talent , the youngsters are going to find things considerably tighter in France . |
| 3 | I 'm sure Malcolm and Vivienne had discussions but at that stage , I was just the Saturday lad . |
| 4 | After that there was just the gully to descend , the sinking sand to cross , the sea to wade and the bog to hop . |
| 5 | Earlier that morning Wexford had quoted Justice Shallow and now , as he contemplated Jolyon Vigo 's house , he thought that this was just the sort of place Shallow might have lived in . |
| 6 | It was an evening of blissful happiness for Jack 's brother , a return to boyhood , those beloved ‘ Malvern days when it was just the two of us against the P'daytabird ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure . |
| 8 | ‘ There was just the one copy , which limited readership somewhat . ’ |
| 9 | We used to do the live show that was never broadcast — it was just the bit after all the other stars have been on stage and mimed to their records for the audience . |
| 10 | I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making . |
| 11 | It was just the down the road . |
| 12 | No doubt the past was just the same to the people who lived in it as the present is to us . |
| 13 | It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership . |
| 14 | But the Hank in his mind , the one who calmed him down and cheered him up and got him going in a sensible way — she was just the sort of fantasy mother you 'd make up if your own mother was too strong , too passionate , too overwhelming . |
| 15 | After that , everything was just the same with Mrs Parvis still complaining as much as ever . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was just the effect of the tourist season , but Spain seemed very much more prosperous , and the construction companies and property developers had their giant cranes everywhere , their crude colours looming garishly over the old amber-rose stone of the city 's most ancient monuments . |
| 17 | My brother-in-law the councillor said nothing , just stood looking down at her ; and in his eyes was just the right mixture of kindliness and a sort of authority ; and something else — a twinkle , a you-and-me-having-a-little-joke-together look . |
| 18 | But to be fair that was just the gourmets . |
| 19 | The Empire and the superiority it evidenced , was just the way things were , entirely natural . |
| 20 | That kind of farce was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 21 | At first it was just the driver 's door , but now the other side doors are starting to leak . |
| 22 | At the extreme , nuclear power poses the risk that if the reaction inside the core should get out of control , or even if there was just the failure of a vital pipe or valve , even larger quantities of radiation would enter the human environment . |
| 23 | He was just the bloke in the crowd what came over when I drew up . ’ |
| 24 | However , it was a pleasant morning ; the sun shone , there was a light breeze , it was just the weather for a country hike . |
| 25 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |
| 26 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
| 27 | Just now we did n't have any name for it at all , and it was just The Bar , like it always was , the bar . |
| 28 | And the more I considered it , the more obvious it became that Miss Kenton , with her great affection for this house , with her exemplary professionalism — the sort almost impossible to find nowadays — was just the factor needed to enable me to complete a fully satisfactory staff plan for Darlington Hall . |
| 29 | It was just the opposite to before the 1979 Open . |
| 30 | That was just the opposite of Roux 's result and was the first clear demonstration of the process known as regulation : the ability of the embryo to develop normally even when some portions are removed or rearranged . |