Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] just a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Change your outlook P.R.S. or ‘ driving ’ a 737 may remain just a dream . |
| 2 | A pattern need not cover the whole board ; thus in Os & Xs , a pattern may cover just a row , or just a diagonal . |
| 3 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 4 | For if all the parts were neatly laid down in the egg like a little homunculus , then separating the embryo into two or more separate parts would divide the pattern in two or more and each should form just a fragment of the whole . |
| 5 | These mouldings are pre-assembled with self-adhesive backing and are easily fitted — you 'll need just a tape measure and a pencil , and you can do the job in an hour ! |
| 6 | It might take just a decision for St Albans oldest of the country by having changed the word received to . |
| 7 | ‘ Only I think they might get just a bit mixed up . ’ |
| 8 | Now , the coal crisis is so acute that steam locos on the mountain could become just a memory unless the present oil firing experiments at Snowdon are a success . |
| 9 | This year , I am being told that the test was not whether we could deliver our unprecedented number of detailed commitments , as I had thought , but whether we would do a lot more than we said we would do just a year ago . |
| 10 | I think many women would like just a touch of the Carmen quality in their lives . |
| 11 | In reality , it would mean just a rise of nought point two percent on overall costs . |
| 12 | I hope that , in future , this House of Commons , of which we are proud to be Members , will spend just a bit more time looking at what hon. Members do day after day . |
| 13 | Even if some sounds are similar to some in your own language they still need to be practised , as they may differ just a bit , and that sometimes makes it even harder to get them sound right automatically . |
| 14 | The importing operation is very easy and you can specify just a range within a worksheet as well as an entire worksheet and can make the link to the source data active — so that when the data in your spreadsheet changes the chart in the slide is automatically updated . |
| 15 | If I can get just a fraction of this spooky atmosphere into my drawings , then they 'll be perfect . ’ |