Example sentences of "was [adv] just " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The main wall was presumably just two courses , as will be the new one . |
| 2 | In retrospect , though , it was a touch too apparent how many comedians in 1979 thought it was enough just to say , um , ‘ Bleep ’ — rather tamely , nobody got past the bleeper : for shock value , you 're better off with Radio 3 . |
| 3 | Not that he breathed a word of this to any of the others ; it was enough just to drink it in himself , sharing his secret with the old farmer . |
| 4 | It was enough just to look at them . |
| 5 | It was enough just to be with him . |
| 6 | Of course there were a lot of questions , but right now the answers did n't matter ; it was enough just to enjoy the questions , and know that the world was full of astonishing things , and that he was n't a frog . |
| 7 | It was enough just the hot water and the spills |
| 8 | Nicky and Enya pride themselves on their rows ; ‘ I was basically just left to concentrate on music , ’ says Enya . |
| 9 | A North Korean application to join the UN was rejected ; UNCOK was in just as invidious a position as UNTCOK except that South Korea had now been given a degree of recognition denied to North Korea . |
| 10 | In a way , this was perhaps just as well . |
| 11 | They thought it was perhaps just that . |
| 12 | It was perhaps just as well Eva was a sound sleeper , who could manage on five or six hours sleep , and be up before breakfast doing language study . |
| 13 | Which was perhaps just as well . |
| 14 | The pigeons flocked around it immediately , though dawn was only just breaking . |
| 15 | The underlying trend of the balance of payments was extremely adverse ; although the average growth of total output was only just over 1 per cent ( slower than in any six-year period previous to Thatcher ) , the current account excluding oil moved from a small surplus in 1979 to a deficit of £5bn in 1985 . |
| 16 | So , as far as I can work it out , they found it was cool to go round to Wally 's and hang out , particularly as the school was only just round the corner from his place So they 'd sit there doing very little and getting bored . |
| 17 | He was only just caught by Ghofar in the Hennessy , though the form in that race is not working out too well . |
| 18 | But , in Britain , it was election year , and , in America , President Johnson was only just beginning to grasp the reins of power after Kennedy 's assassination , and so little political progress was made . |
| 19 | He was only just back in the house when he heard his Mum draw up in the car . |
| 20 | Tug lay very still and concentrated on breathing and the voice went on , so softly that it was only just possible to hear it , even though Doyle 's face was right up against his ear . |
| 21 | She looked up and her face was only just under control , balanced on the edge of screaming . |
| 22 | The steady gaze was only just beginning to show a hint of scorn . |
| 23 | By the end of the decade Monroe 's marriage was only just hanging together . |
| 24 | On the contrary : emotional attachment to Hitler was rooted in the notion that he represented the ideal of national community and national greatness , that he was leading Germany to greater prosperity , and that , whatever the immediate sacrifices , a bonanza for all was only just over the horizon . |
| 25 | It was only just to give Mr Heseltine , who played so prominent a role in the Tory victory , the job he so much wanted as Industry Secretary . |
| 26 | On Sunday , August 14th. 1682 , Richard Baxter was in great pain and weakness , and was only just able to preach twice . |
| 27 | It was only just getting over the shock 21 years later when an apparition sauntered past St Paul ‘ s School and round the corner of Gartocher Road into Shettleston Road . |
| 28 | When the landing craft pulled away it was only just over half full , because scarcely a tenth of the American and British citizens in the country wanted to take advantage of the offer . |
| 29 | As curare was only just emerging from obscurity ( see Chapter 6 ) , this was a very prompt seizure of a new opportunity for therapy . |
| 30 | As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark . |