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

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1 They do nt even create his goals — he s just got that luck/knack of being in the right place for deflections etc .
2 ‘ Aye — he is just twenty-one .
3 He is just surprised .
4 It could be said as brusquely of Iago that he is just a wrecker .
5 Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly .
6 He is just one of our 600 voluntary Welfare Officers in this country and overseas who help us with our work .
7 In the city he is just another casual labourer working at the lowest level of urban employment .
8 Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it .
9 Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it .
10 ‘ I have watched videos of Benredjeb and he will be a tough opponent , but he is just my height and should be perfect for me , ’ he said after sparring with Arguelles at the Belfast gym of his manager , Barney Eastwood .
11 Suppose for a moment that Mr Gorbachev himself does not know what he has in mind ; assume that he is just a moderniser with no clear idea where modernising leads .
12 Sometimes he is just plain offensive .
13 He is just the kind of stable , bright young man we think can articulate our viewpoint and reach a mass of people . ’
14 He is just 50 and apparently at the limits of his political ambition .
15 There is no doubt he will be a dominant figure and in the view of many he is just what is needed to revive a moribund department .
16 Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) .
17 But now he has to face all those people in the great big world to whom he is just another person , starting quite often with his own brothers and sisters .
18 He is just a confused young man going through a postgraduate crisis ; a rebel without claws .
19 His lawyer says he is just ‘ a curious computer nerd ’ .
20 ‘ Sam McKnight , I admire him because he is just so creative in his work ’ .
21 I say gentleman , but I suppose he is just an official thug . ’
22 He is just as fit as he was 12 months ago and just as good ’ , he added .
23 ‘ Obviously he is just trying to wind people up , but I think I 'm too long in the tooth to take any notice of anything he says .
24 And a delighted Billy Bonds saluted Allen 's week by saying : ‘ He is just a great goalscorer — it 's as simple as that . ’
25 ‘ He does n't look too bad because of his coat but when you handle him , he is just a bag of bones . ’
26 He is quietly working his way to the top as a referee — and he is just 18 months away from landing his first League fixture .
27 Today he is just 9st .
28 Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) .
29 I think he is just an ill and shocked young man with the highly strung temperament of so many artistic people .
30 He is just what I needed for my tennis and for my life . ’
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