Example sentences of "just [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just for a few minutes . |
| 2 | She would lie on the bed — just for a moment , she thought — before starting dinner . |
| 3 | and just for a moment they do n't understand you . |
| 4 | If you cut corners just for a quiet life , you 'll have trouble . |
| 5 | Just for a split second Mrs. Fanshawe had thought it was . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not just for a blow to be struck against Iraq when Saddam 's main victim has been innocent Iraqi people , ’ he said . |
| 7 | It was only a temporary phase though , she told herself — just for a change . |
| 8 | ‘ Just for a chat . ’ |
| 9 | Before term started I wanted to live anonymously in this city where no one knew me , just for a few days . |
| 10 | Under the influence of the drugs we exchanged a few playful cuddles and kisses , just for a lark . |
| 11 | ‘ Even when he ca n't get round , he phones me up , just for a natter . ’ |
| 12 | Emo 's bug eyes narrow , and for a moment , just for a moment , the mock-innocence vanishes , and you can see the craft behind the wise-cracks . |
| 13 | It is hardly worth your while bringing a suitcase all that way , just for a weekend . ’ |
| 14 | I even wondered just for a moment if she had , unknown to me , made another , negative , speech later in the day . |
| 15 | ‘ But it would n't be for ever : just for a while , perhaps , and morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen . ’ |
| 16 | Grandparents who moved in only at the very end of their lives , just for a few last months , rarely left much of a mark unless earlier contact had been important . |
| 17 | It 's had about ten or twelve names since I 've been going there , though some of them were just for one night , just for a party or celebration , and even then the name was never written up anywhere , you just had to know that tonight it was The Lily Pond , or The Jewel Box , The Gigolo , The Hustler , The Place ( no , I think that was somewhere else ) , Grave Charges ( I loved that one ) — or The You Know You Like It , I remember that year especially . |
| 18 | He discovered that all his desires were related to the need we all have for God himself — not just for a mother 's love or for some other intense childhood need . |
| 19 | That experience , providing free advice to the borough , started a desire to apply his knowledge to promoting the conservation of the environment generally , not just for a relative few previous buildings . |
| 20 | One client may quite sincerely come in just for a form but another client who comes in ‘ just for a form ’ may indicate that they really need help filling it in . |
| 21 | One client may quite sincerely come in just for a form but another client who comes in ‘ just for a form ’ may indicate that they really need help filling it in . |
| 22 | It is a good thing to stop coffee anyway from a general health point of view but the benefits of this would only be apparent from a long term change , not just for a few days . |
| 23 | So I did , just for a fortnight , but it was fourteen miles there in the morning , and fourteen back at night , and I 'm afraid I threw in the sponge ! |
| 24 | Just for a child to know that someone will be interested in her work or to have the opportunity to do something for someone else and know it will be appreciated can significantly change the child 's attitude to the task . |
| 25 | ‘ What made you come all the way out here just for a drink anyway ? ’ enquired Sheila . |
| 26 | I went to visit her just for a coffee or something , and she started saying , after a lot of stuttering , that I was having an affair with her husband . |
| 27 | Perhaps just for a while to tide you over a particularly bad crop of bills . |
| 28 | A cold buffet , which can be topped up through the day , is ideal , and people float in and out , stopping just for a drink and a few peanuts , or staying much longer . |
| 29 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 30 | ‘ Just for a ride . |