Example sentences of "[conj] they [be] just [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that they have just had their operation or they are just about to have it . ’ |
| 2 | Communication links between the ‘ explorers ’ and the ‘ implementers ’ need to be strong , although they are just as likely to be based on informal as distinct from formal communications patterns and networks . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister won a strong ovation when she added : ‘ The trouble with Labour is that they 're just not at home with freedom . |
| 4 | Ralph says basically that they do n't exist , so how could there be one and Simon 's view is that he would know if there was a beast and that they 're just really frightened of each other . |
| 5 | I think women who are overweight have to work an awful lot harder to prove that they 're just as good |
| 6 | ‘ Teaching at home is a bloody waste of time — the students are so alienated that they are just not interested . ’ |
| 7 | In fact Labour governments ( in 1965 and 68 ) have been at pains to prove that they are just as good at keeping out the blacks as the Tories . |
| 8 | The idea of curing pain with a lump of rock may sound crazy , but precious gems have been used for healing since ancient times , and many people believe that they are just as effective today |
| 9 | While most cavalry lack the rank bonus , their ability to charge in and kill large numbers of enemies before that enemy even gets to strike back means that they are just as capable of inflicting catastrophic defeat . |
| 10 | The assumption itself may patently be wrong , but nevertheless it is difficult for people in superior positions to realize that they are just as fallible as those below . |
| 11 | Our Liberal colleagues go down to Leamington and ask the audience to believe that they are just as Liberal as ever they were . |
| 12 | ‘ There are n't enough of them and they 're just not up to the standards women want . |
| 13 | And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all . |
| 14 | No some films like people say they 're bad and they 're right and they 're just genuinely bad . |
| 15 | Now Allan Ahlberg has written two more stories about the same skeletons , and they 're just as good . |
| 16 | and they were such a load of dicks when we first met , you know , and they 're just like trying to impress all the time and now I mean you 've been here for , what , a year and , year and a bit and |
| 17 | Simon calls them ‘ the doomsdayers ’ and they are just as persuasive as he is , but are putting the exact opposite case : that rapid population growth is destroying our green and pleasant planet along with all its economic and social institutions . |
| 18 | She walked hastily from him and into the store-room , and he followed her , and they were just about to confront each other again when the back door leading into the yard opened and there , revealed in the gaslight , was Jessie . |
| 19 | For a minute longer father and son stood watching as the boat was rowed almost noiselessly out to sea ; and they were just about to return and make their way up the passage to the house when the sound of falling stones broke the silence of the night . |
| 20 | ‘ Up until then I 'd been using gas and air and they were just about to give me some pethidine when all this serious discussion began . |
| 21 | Could n't care less and they were just there until their time for retirement was . |
| 22 | There was not enough action and they were just too predictable , that they simply did not scare me but surely the point of a horror book is to scare you ? |
| 23 | And they were just as necessary to Akhenaten — possibly more so . ’ |
| 24 | And of course , they had seasoned by then and they were just like matches going , aye . |
| 25 | In short , if the adventurers wish to cleanse a shrine for some good role-play reason , set a minor enemy on them ; if they are just thoughtlessly smashing the place up , have a much tougher enemy arrive . |
| 26 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 27 | They started the hip hop thing but they 're just not getting any recognition from it ’ |
| 28 | For that reason we have to welcome er the er th th the orders , but they 're just not good enough . |
| 29 | We normally expect to see a lot of people on a Friday but they 're just not coming through the doors |
| 30 | a bit nasty as well , but they 're just not big |