Example sentences of "[pers pn] be just as well " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes you 're just as well in the wings for a while , ’ he says . |
| 2 | If the one-man show is as close to ‘ actors ’ theatre' as we 'll ever get , perhaps it 's just as well . |
| 3 | But when she sees the Teds and greasers and hard-faced girls who make up the matinee audience , she thinks it 's just as well . |
| 4 | Given the unpleasant blare of the G40 motor , though , it 's just as well it delivers such strong performance low down as prolonged exposure to high revs is tiresome and uncomfortable . |
| 5 | You sit high in any case and it 's just as well — you need to be able to see the big car 's extremities . |
| 6 | It 's just as well — I cut two holes in it for the ears ! |
| 7 | Sanitaryware varies a little in size , and it 's important to check positioning before fixing anything : our cistern was about 15mm wider than the original , so it 's just as well we did . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's just as well we lost the battle . |
| 9 | It 's just as well that Mum 's 2:7 Group are still on the go or else we would n't know anything . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps it 's just as well , then . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just as well that mam 's here with us , is n't it , or I 'd have no honour , at least not in the eyes of the people around World 's End . ’ |
| 12 | It 's just as well there 's a practice mode with a machine churning out balls in six different patterns . |
| 13 | Looking at the game , it 's just as well … |
| 14 | " It 's just as well , dear Sister Anne , from what I 've heard of my new mistress . " |
| 15 | But perhaps it 's just as well . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , then , ’ he said smugly , ‘ it 's just as well that I have worked something out for you , is n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps it 's just as well , ’ murmured David and then in a quite different voice he said : ‘ Mama ! ’ |
| 18 | We 're sorry that his Mum , what 's her name ? , died , and that his Dad did n't come along with his new stepmother , but perhaps it 's just as well . |
| 19 | It 's just as well I did , 'cos by the time we got back , this place was virtually surrounded . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps it 's just as well Tessa did n't come , Bob , ’ said Bill Waddy . |
| 21 | Well , not have to exactly , but I 'm pregnant , so it 's just as well you asked me . " |
| 22 | ‘ Then it 's just as well I was here . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's just as well . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just as well you remember your lines more accurately than you remember people 's names , ’ he cut in drily . |
| 25 | My family were n't wealthy , could n't have afforded to send me away till it was over , could n't have kept it secret , so perhaps it 's just as well it turned out as it did . |
| 26 | Well , it 's just as well to find out now , I suppose . |
| 27 | He regarded Lucy reflectively , then grinned as he said , ‘ It 's just as well you did n't come downstairs in that tell-tale state . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a pity you did n't think about it more carefully three years ago — or maybe it 's just as well , ’ he mocked . |
| 29 | And it 's just as well , because you 're going to want more time to yourself . |
| 30 | It 's just as well . ’ |