Example sentences of "[was/were] just [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were just as I remembered them . |
| 2 | It was just after I found I was pregnant , but I was so pleased for him , and for myself , I did not fret . |
| 3 | And it and this , the one , the last one was just after I left so I did n't know her , I knew her to look at but I did n't know her personally . |
| 4 | She 'd sat on my lap in a friendly way , true , but that was just so I could get a better fix on her rug . |
| 5 | And it was just But I do n't er I do n't seem as though er it was er sometimes I saw I saw a spot of blood , but it |
| 6 | It was n't that I was being purposely unfriendly , it was just that I had decided that my best chance of survival lay in my being as unobtrusive as possible . |
| 7 | I suppose I fancied him although I told myself that it was just that I felt sorry for him . |
| 8 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 9 | It was just that I dislike going off half-cocked , talking too much about a project before I can see where it 's leading . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind . |
| 11 | ‘ It was just that I heard it call so I knew there must be one about . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It was just that I was a bit surprised at seeing you . |
| 13 | It was just that I — that one does n't know oneself — ’ |
| 14 | And she did n't really tell me , it was just that I guessed , I 'd seen them quite a few times , mooning about , and I asked her if she was going to marry him . |
| 15 | It was just that I never expected it to happen to me . ’ |
| 16 | It was just that I loved Hugo more . |
| 17 | It was just that I was longing to be your hostess . ’ |
| 18 | It was just that I and the others in the class — at least , the ones who turned up yesterday , a lot of people did n't bother — anyway , we felt it would be nice to send some flowers and a card or something to her relatives . |
| 19 | Well i it was just that I , I missed the initial question |
| 20 | Well it does n't matter really , it was just that I sort of |
| 21 | No , I , it was just that I , you know , I mean he I recognized the voice really as he spoke . |
| 22 | Yeah , the sort of thing Lucy and I were talking about earlier is , it was just before I went on holiday so my memory is kind of hazy , it 's one where I was going to see the Arts Council and see if they were interested in the idea if they work |
| 23 | Well because he was half at the time it was just before I left at about nine to come down here you see . |
| 24 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 25 | It was just as I had arranged , word for word . |
| 26 | It was just as I had remembered it for over thirty years , it was just as it used to appear at least once a week at lunch in the Paris household where I spent two years of my youth with a greedy Norman family : two years of study interspersed with the most trying of family meals , endless and infinitely to be dreaded but for the blessed beauty of the food . |
| 27 | Creamstick 's house was just as I 'd pictured : |
| 28 | The house was just as I 'd left it — just as you 'd left it . |
| 29 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 30 | The room was just as I 'd left it , except that it was different . |