Example sentences of "just [conj] it seemed " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately for Labour the Korean War by 1951 was having an adverse effect on the British economy and precipitated another balance of payments of crisis just after it seemed that Britain could dispense with Marshall Aid .
2 Then , just as it seemed in danger of becoming stale and repetitive , it threw up De La Soul .
3 Just as it seemed that they may be some sort of communication , the wind grew stronger and all went awry , the sky momentarily clearing , the celestial blue briefly highlighting the monochrome grey .
4 Sweetman crowed with laughter , but too soon , for , just as it seemed as though Ellen 's gesture had indeed collapsed into an ignominious anti-climax , the extinguisher first coughed , then spat a vicious deluge of white muck that fanned from the flared nozzle to splatter spectacularly against Sweetman 's chest .
5 Emerson Fittipaldi was the next Lotus world champion and , just as it seemed the midas touch was deserting Chapman , American Mario Andretti lifted the 1978 title in the Lotus 78/79 , with team-mate Ronnie Peterson ( Swe ) second .
6 Now it seemed fortunate that I had n't ; just as it seemed , though still obscurely , fortunate that I had n't lost my head in other ways when I wrote to her .
7 Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room .
8 It seemed impossible to reconcile the ideal of the simple monastic life with a great religious order , just as it seemed impossible for the papacy to exercise leadership without becoming an autocratic bureaucracy .
9 Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago .
10 General Sherman … has raised up an army on the four sides of Joseph just when it seemed most probable that he was about to escape …
11 Just when it seemed they were on the slide they nit Leicester with all they had , running in seven tries in a 37–6 victory .
12 But just when it seemed the writing was about to be put back up on the wall , Kendall found an unlikely saviour .
13 Just when it seemed Roma would inflict a humiliating defeat on their despised city neighbours in ‘ Il Derby ’ , Gascoigne saved the game , honour of Lazio , and head of coach Dino Zoff .
14 But just when it seemed that the former were to disappear up a one-club road to exclusive excellence , along came Newport and beat them to mark the first real return on all the investment at Rodney Parade .
15 Just when it seemed he would be evicted by his collection , the flat immediately above became available , so he took it and started collecting all over again .
16 Then , just when it seemed to have settled , it made a sharp sideways movement , tugging against the halter .
17 Just when it seemed things were going his way again this has happened . ’
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