Example sentences of "[vb base] he [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect he 's just jealous of the fact that we were out together . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What will it take before you realise he 's just not worth the anguish ? ’ |
| 3 | But I think it would spoil everything for you , when you realise he 's just a boring , pushy young fellow with an ego the size of the bullring . ’ |
| 4 | He still maintains that he believes this , and makes a great show of sending off a manuscript to publishers down in London , trying to get them to publish a book expounding this view , but I know he 's just mischief-making again , and gets most of his pleasure from his acts of stunned disbelief and then righteous indignation when the manuscript is eventually returned . |
| 5 | I say gentleman , but I suppose he is just an official thug . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose he 's just her voice in case she needs to identify herself ! ’ |
| 7 | I suppose he 's just a technician . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , if I accept your hypothesis that all my subsequent experiences were hysterical embellishments , I suppose he was just a mild eccentric , an ordinary seaside retiree . ’ |
| 9 | Ken Livingstone , of course , writes a column for the paper , and so gets its unstinting support : ‘ We 're right behind Ken Livingstone … we reckon he 's just the man for the job . |
| 10 | I guess he 's just what Big Jack needs , a full-back who 'll try & get forward , and if they qualify we could see a few Leeds players in the USA even if without England and Scotland . |
| 11 | Some call him Nobski , others claim he 's just a cartoon , a caricature of damaging black stereotypes . |
| 12 | Anyway , I bet he 's just as fond of the ladies as they are of him . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah that 's John , if you can get a ticket for that , John is by far the best lecturer among our craftsmen , I mean he 's just an absolutely amazing character . |
| 14 | I mean he was just saying this and he was coming out with , you know , stupid words and it was really funny in the lesson , it was brilliant . |
| 15 | WELL , DEAR , I THINK HE 'S JUST A LITTLE POTTY ! |
| 16 | ‘ I think he 's just being nice , ’ Ellie offered rather feebly . |
| 17 | They say he 's too strict ; but I think he 's just shy . |
| 18 | I think Colin Cooper just got round the side of this a brilliant run from Young good turn and he 's a he 's attacked the heart of the defence and look at Cooper 's position now I think he 's just slightly nearer to the keeper than Laws . |
| 19 | ‘ I think he 's just fantastic , do n't you ? ’ she went on unperturbed . |
| 20 | I think he 's just portraying the situation as it was , kind of sparring of each other , playing games with each other , you know that kind of fits it does n't it ? |
| 21 | Er I 'm not too sure where he lives cos he just , I think he 's just new to the town but if you give him a ring erm on the 's phone number and use the |
| 22 | Well , I think he 's just security . |
| 23 | Yeah , and also he lives so far out and he was saying you know , Julie 's up in er in Birmingham , Andy 's up in Birmingham , he 's had no one to see , Eileen 's come back up to Birmingham he sees quite a lot of and er I think he 's just a bit lonely . |
| 24 | I think he 's just probably losing his winter coat . |
| 25 | I think he 's just a fucking arsehole to get sent get himself out there . |
| 26 | I think he is just an ill and shocked young man with the highly strung temperament of so many artistic people . |
| 27 | I think he was just as keen to look after us then , and his optimism , cheerfulness and absolute lack of self-pity made me , for one , feel very very small . |
| 28 | I think he was just very sea-sick . |
| 29 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 30 | He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal . |