Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each information unit consists of either a combination of given-plus-new elements or of just a new element . |
| 2 | In other words , Firbas , like Halliday , acknowledges that a unit of information may consist of a given plus new element , or of just a new element . |
| 3 | Television had brought golf to the working class and for just a moment television gave us an idea of what it meant to them . |
| 4 | But today , with more time at her disposal , she could no longer resist the adventure , and in a moment she was out of her own plain black Sunday dress , with its detachable white collar and cuffs , and into the sumptuous white silk which had clothed her dead mother once and for just a few short hours . |
| 5 | Then he turned to Rachel and for just a moment allowed his gaze to meet hers . |
| 6 | Then Julius glanced up at her , and for just an instant Jessamy seemed to see right through the protective shield with which he had surrounded himself . |
| 7 | ‘ Ready , ’ Fabbiano said , and for just an instant Caroline felt a clutch of something that was very close to panic . |
| 8 | He danced lightfooted across the European racing stage , and with just a little better luck , would have left it undefeated . |
| 9 | Although I had ‘ backed up ’ on a floppy disc from the computer I lost both floppy and hard disc record on Friday ( yes 13th ) and it was all my address list — twenty pages this size of single line entries and with just a double space between As and Bs and Cs and Ds etc. ; I could have wept but had instead to laugh — only thing to do and a mistake or combination of same that I shall NOT make again . |
| 10 | Fill in the blanks and in just a couple of hours you can have a fully integrated 3 year financial forecast , including Sales , Operating Expenses , P&L , Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Analysis . |
| 11 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
| 12 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
| 13 | It was the first physical contact between them for four years , but for just an instant it had seemed as if it had only been yesterday when she had last touched him . |
| 14 | The goal looked good enough to give United the draw as well , but with just a minute to go they cracked . |
| 15 | But in just a few years computers have made many specialised tasks obsolete , enabling one person not only to do the work of many , but to do many different jobs at once . |
| 16 | Their babble of French and Arabic made an awful din , but within just a few feet of us they quietened . |