Example sentences of "[vb past] they [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were kidding themselves if they believed they were just electing a bunch of councillors to run local services . |
| 2 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 3 | She daydreamed sometimes about finding a little flat but knew they were just that — daydreams … |
| 4 | ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’ |
| 5 | They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience , a house group , Seventies revivalists . |
| 6 | I finally realized something was up because people were yelling at me — I thought they were just trying to get on but then I realized what was up , and I hit the button again . |
| 7 | And you thought they were just American Slowdive … |
| 8 | Anti-Nazi League festivals , at which The Stranglers were so familiar that everyone probably thought they were just park trees . |
| 9 | I mean , I thought they were just nice , chatty , qualitative subjects . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought they were just gulls at first , ’ said Edward . |
| 11 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |
| 12 | You see , they were just more or less sort of , I thought they were just sea merchants . |
| 13 | ooh , they were n't there alright , I thought they were just out of order cos it was road repairs and a policeman was supposed to be on duty because it was this great big wide Upper Parliament Street , and going across it , if I look at Liverpool |
| 14 | I thought they were just gon na be a load of . |
| 15 | What if I said they were just playing at being drop-outs ? |
| 16 | Said they were just checking on their contacts . ’ |
| 17 | He said they were just kids . |
| 18 | So we basically done to what that is although they said they were just gon na dri , drill a one point nine five |
| 19 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
| 20 | Two or three carcasses of animals in , in a plastic bag and it said they was just literally matted together . |