Example sentences of "[modal v] just [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 've asked her just to phone cancel it out , and that should just be the end of it . |
| 2 | The crucial thing to remember in all this is that you are looking at birds and getting out and about in the countryside — the birds may just be the excuse — because you enjoy it , not to pass an " A " level . |
| 3 | Any so-called ‘ dirt ’ you may see on a piece of cotton wool after rubbing your skin with astringent or lotion may just be the remnants of make-up or skin cells , which are flaking off all the time . |
| 4 | But that may just be the pattern of my work . |
| 5 | It may just be the book you have been trying to find for years ! |
| 6 | It 's , it 's , it 's very desperate and I 'm not saying that you would do it back because of that , but it may just be the thing that influences you to buy a particular brand , particularly the things which are heavily erm which have many alternatives to buy . |
| 7 | But then , that 'll just be the fronts you see . |
| 8 | In his next movie In The Line Of Fire , he stars opposite John Malcovich : ‘ I 'll just be the actor . |
| 9 | The devil on stage might just be the Devil . |
| 10 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |
| 11 | It might just be the voice of support at a meeting or the follow-up on a personal problem mentioned a few days ago . |
| 12 | Gérard Depardieu might just be the exception that proves the rule . |
| 13 | Whether we actually sell it or not is irrelevant , it 's the fact that it might just be the hook to get inside someone 's house . |
| 14 | If you do n't support the sovereign right of , say , an Islamic regime to deny women their human rights , you too might just be the closet , Stamford Raffles-type of do-gooding western imperialist . |
| 15 | If people have been wavering about giving us information this might just be the thing to make them come forward |
| 16 | She might just be the key to what I 'm looking for … ’ |
| 17 | Mark you , I said as she was too big , but they said as it could just be the water , as they could n't hear no more than the one heart . |
| 18 | There would probably be delayed TV rights in America , and the fight could just be the making of pay-as-you-view in Britain . |
| 19 | CITY UNDER SIEGE London has long been the centre of European finance , but the slide in business now could just be the start of a lasting loss of market share . |
| 20 | No it would just be the person that owned the |
| 21 | No no he would just be It would just be the undertaker would usually have somebody that did that . |