Example sentences of "[was/were] just the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were just the two of us . |
| 2 | There were just the two of them . |
| 3 | ‘ Mam had asked him to look after us and there were just the three children in the house . |
| 4 | There were just the three of them , with Chamberlain holding one man 's future or the other 's in the palm of his hand . |
| 5 | ‘ There was just the one copy , which limited readership somewhat . ’ |
| 6 | Er er there was just the one meal a day and a piece of bread and that was your lot . |
| 7 | There was just the one chef , and he was standing at what looked like a domestic range using a wire scoop in a king-sized wok . |
| 8 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 9 | It was an evening of blissful happiness for Jack 's brother , a return to boyhood , those beloved ‘ Malvern days when it was just the two of us against the P'daytabird ’ . |
| 10 | When I 'd finished and it was just the two of us left I put my arms around him and kissed his face . |
| 11 | It was just the two of them . |
| 12 | It was just the two of them left in the pub . |
| 13 | It was just the two of them , in the warmth and near-darkness of the farmhouse kitchen . |
| 14 | So there was just the two |
| 15 | Well there was always the parlour , you must have the parlour and er you , you had two living rooms and the one was the parlour and there was a cellar underneath the parlour and er the stairs used to come in from the back and go up , up the stairs over the entrance to the cellar but the stairs used to run up there underneath the stairs was the entrance to the cellar , there was a door , so that you could n't just walk down the cellar without opening the door you see , but apart from that there was er there was just the two , two bedrooms . |