Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I say sixty one or sixty two , I 'm not just sure , but there was sixty odd . |
| 2 | Because I 'm not just interested in society , which can be thought of in a kind of abstract fashion , but I 'm very much interested in the expressions in ordinary ways of life , in the arts , in literature , in music , of the kind of society that you 've got . |
| 3 | I 'm only just twenty . |
| 4 | I 'm only just glad we ca n't I du n no then son . |
| 5 | I wanted to prove that I was n't just good at sports . |
| 6 | From Becher 's second-time I was always just struggling , though jumping the third-last I was in the right position and had every chance . |
| 7 | ‘ I was there just this morning , as it happens . |
| 8 | I was only just eight . |
| 9 | I started to shrink … smaller … and smaller … until I was only just bigger than Sam , my soldier . |
| 10 | I was only just able to take care of myself so further responsibility I could not take . |
| 11 | Interested , I asked him to whack my bottom with the same instrument and urged him to do it properly so that I could feel what it was like — he did so and I was only just able to restrain my tears it hurt so much . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't see why not — after all I was only just twenty-one when I married Mark . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Is there any legislation or codes of practice covering circular letters of this kind , which are effectively just another form of advertising ? ’ |
| 14 | It is true that public relations contrives news and events and gets photographs in newspapers which are really just promotional efforts . |
| 15 | We need to be aware that ‘ rules ’ ( which are really just agreed-on conventions ) are changing all the time , particularly since the line between inner voices and outer voices has become blurred . |
| 16 | You conduct most of the important interviews and interrogations yourself and afterwards you dictate very sketchy accounts which are only just adequate to keep the files up to date . ’ |
| 17 | The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella . |
| 18 | My other music influence was Western Swing , which is really just white man 's blues , so I decided that the only way to make a living in France was to play that kind of music . |
| 19 | Version 5 , which is only just available , will , no doubt , bring even more choices and I look forward to exploring it . |
| 20 | Which was probably just green cheese . |
| 21 | He had arranged for him to fly to an Italian song festival which was n't just Italian , it was an international song festival , of the lesser variety , but one which paid money . |
| 22 | Mum and Dad and six kids , there was four in one bedroom , me sister , me and her my Me two sisters in the slept in in a double bed in me Mam 's bedroom and we four lads slept in the back bedroom w w whi which was just just big enough to get a double bed in , as you can see , and there was two that slept at the top , and two slept at the bottom . |
| 23 | There are many gifted teachers who are extraordinarily successful in this way , who are not just animated interpreters of complex concepts and theories , but who are able to galvanize their students into grappling with the issues for themselves . |
| 24 | It is clear that the majority of students entering higher education on the basis of non-traditional qualifications are mature students , and the research which we have been discussing deals almost exclusively with students who are not just non-traditional entrants but also mature . |
| 25 | YOU ARE NOW JUST 1 WEEK AWAY FROM NEXT WEEK 'S RATHER NORMAL NON-BIRTHDAY ISSUE |
| 26 | So you 're not just reliant on one person , and if that person 's away you 're stuck . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're not just frightened for Lucy . |
| 28 | I keep forgetting that you 're not just another minion , like me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're both just little boys ! ’ |
| 30 | Rather than still , you 're only just six . |