Example sentences of "[modal v] be just [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After hearing his name on the radio , he had thought it must be just bravado on Paul Lexington 's part , the young producer falling into cliche , insisting that the show must go on when all logic showed it was impossible .
2 I hoped it would be put to use , though there was a chance it might be just ballast for the journey .
3 there at all , it 'll be just drinks and
4 So it , it could be just debts .
5 He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence .
6 His bill will be just £273 — £100 less than the bill for the lowest value property in Langbaurgh .
7 The fleet will be shipped around the world to venues where the sailing will be just part of a larger event .
8 It 's been done in the States with a baton twice as long , but this attempt means the planes will be just 12ft apart .
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