Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] was just as well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
| 2 | But perhaps it was just as well that she had this shock , for in her relief at finding the injury comparatively slight , she forbore to say very much about the unexpected guest . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was just as well . |
| 4 | Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not . |
| 5 | And perhaps it was just as well because there , on the seat of the rag cart and sitting as patiently as the pony was standing , was Ben . |
| 6 | But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball . |
| 7 | On the whole , he thought to himself , perhaps it was just as well . |
| 8 | Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock . |
| 9 | But perhaps it was just as well , and at least the physical toll the climb was taking had , temporarily at least , driven other sensations from her body . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was just as well Rosemary was still not back . |
| 11 | So it was just as well Old Red never allowed anyone on duty , including perhaps himself , to remember that he also was human — and still a good deal younger than General Francis . |
| 12 | Well it was just as well we did n't , she did n't have any money |