Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Change your outlook P.R.S. or ‘ driving ’ a 737 may remain just a dream . |
| 2 | A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal . |
| 3 | Although PAS is a commercial business , Bill and Kath both have a soft spot for museums and collectors alike , and in the past have supplied , at reasonable prices , parts to large museums like the Imperial War Museum at Duxford , and to ‘ one man collections ’ who may want just a small item to complete a cockpit panel etc . |
| 4 | ‘ I must do just a few more menial things before I go to bed ’ or , more oddly , ‘ I was nearly run over on my menial way this morning . ’ |
| 5 | So court dominates St Aldate 's throughout the war , and I think therefore we should spend just a little time looking at the people involved , erm but not too much . |
| 6 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 7 | For if all the parts were neatly laid down in the egg like a little homunculus , then separating the embryo into two or more separate parts would divide the pattern in two or more and each should form just a fragment of the whole . |
| 8 | These mouldings are pre-assembled with self-adhesive backing and are easily fitted — you 'll need just a tape measure and a pencil , and you can do the job in an hour ! |
| 9 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
| 10 | It might take just a decision for St Albans oldest of the country by having changed the word received to . |
| 11 | and a tidy pull oh I 'll have just a quick go of it |
| 12 | A straightforward mistake might have just a serious an effect . |
| 13 | ‘ Only I think they might get just a bit mixed up . ’ |
| 14 | Another disadvantage of this type of competition is that it may look just a little too difficult and thus put off some of the would-be entrants . |
| 15 | She could make just a small detour … |
| 16 | Now , the coal crisis is so acute that steam locos on the mountain could become just a memory unless the present oil firing experiments at Snowdon are a success . |
| 17 | Lisa had had this feeling before , that he could predict her behaviour , that he could see just a little too clearly inside her head . |
| 18 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |
| 19 | He sat in silence for a minute then said : 'l think I 'd like just a small whisky now , Mr Dalgliesh , if it 's all the same to you . ’ |
| 20 | Compare that to a whole forest in the UK that may contain just a few species . |
| 21 | A piece of handicraft may cost just a few pence in our terms , so where is the virtue in knocking it down any further ? ’ |
| 22 | Yeah but erm we used to have just an |
| 23 | This year , I am being told that the test was not whether we could deliver our unprecedented number of detailed commitments , as I had thought , but whether we would do a lot more than we said we would do just a year ago . |
| 24 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 25 | Shelley looked up at her stolid employer and wished he would unbend just a little . |
| 26 | The sound is acceptable enough ; but I do wish that companies which release older recordings like this would spend just a little more ( what would it cost ? ) to accompany them with notes worthy even of the music as slight as this . |
| 27 | I think many women would like just a touch of the Carmen quality in their lives . |
| 28 | I shall select just a few for analysis , and readers are directed to the reading list for additional sources of information . |
| 29 | In reality , it would mean just a rise of nought point two percent on overall costs . |
| 30 | This limits the degree of possible grazing or nibbling and explains why deer and cattle , for example , will eat just a few mouthfuls from each tree before moving on . |