Example sentences of "[noun sg] just [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The auto industry just happened to be a convenient sector in which to show his determination to change ( Doner , 1987 ; Oman , 1989 : pp. 164–166 ) .
2 You see sometimes Boy , like all of us , sometimes Boy just wanted to be taken care of without having done anything to deserve it .
3 That pretty girl just had to be Gaynor Summer 's sister , and , sure enough , that was where she went .
4 If she was going to qualify for Wembley , she was going to have to do it on her own and Midnight just had to be good enough .
5 Life just had to be raced and there really was no way of climbing through the lavatory window to get out of it .
6 This call just had to be an act of purest derision , a flaunting of how well this enemy had foretold Jaq 's actions — or even was psychically alert to Jaq 's whereabouts .
7 Though we shall have much more to say on the issues that allegedly divide quantitative and qualitative methods in later chapters , the kind of choice just alluded to is neither urgent nor necessary .
8 But the star of the show just had to be Boy George , who was so inspired , he bought the outfit he modelled .
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