Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [was/were] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white silk tissue of the lining of the cloak was just visible at the hem , and its black brocade gleamed with pearls . |
| 2 | It was a misty February evening , but the churchyard was just visible . |
| 3 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 4 | The tin was just wide enough for her to lie on , but it was very hot and burned her , so that she had to keep moving her bare legs . |
| 5 | For example if the style check showed that the student had an unusual balance in the use of facilities , it made us curious as to why : perhaps the work was just plain bad , or conceivably it was an unusual and original approach that was highly successful . |
| 6 | The mess was just spilled ketchup . |
| 7 | The staging was just brilliant ! |
| 8 | Its distance from the Sun was just right to sustain life , providing the right kind of equable temperatures and flowing water . |
| 9 | That the boy was just simple and given to playing stupid jokes . |
| 10 | Magee leant forward and touched the man 's shoulder , simultaneously pushing the knife gently up beneath his chin so that the point was just touching flesh . |
| 11 | Hunt reported on 14th December , 1858 that he had found that the site was just adequate , but he could not make a precise calculation until the accommodation requirements had been considered further by the India Office and the space required by the Foreign Office had been settled . |
| 12 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 13 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 14 | The outline of the junction was just visible . |
| 15 | She pulled the strings of her apron until the bow at the back was just right , and perched her white cap at the correct angle on her head to make it sit pertly on her dark curls . |
| 16 | The top was just visible through a gap in the dunes . |
| 17 | The baby was just old enough to have allowed Mum to get her figure back and her tight wool skirt made sure everybody knew she had . |
| 18 | The chain was just long enough . |
| 19 | The gearing was just right . |
| 20 | ‘ The man was just hanging , his hands were free ? ’ |
| 21 | After the 1–0 defeat he said : ‘ The quality of our passes into the box was just diabolical and we had no one apart from Steve Claridge showing any aggression in there . |
| 22 | On the other hand , perhaps the youth was just plain stupid and had n't realised what would happen when he started waving that placard about . |
| 23 | However , while dispute in the Reich centred on the political control of Ernst Röhm 's brownshirt empire within an empire , in Danzig the affair had more to do with petty jealousies and spite , through which the hazy outline of some dispute about the future and direction of the Party was just discernible . |
| 24 | The street was just moist with rain , sweet-smelling . |
| 25 | The cupboard was just deep enough to hold him sitting cross-legged , his head concealed in the pinstriped folds of Francie 's second-best suit , which hung on a hanger . |
| 26 | There was a beautiful night in the Summertime and the house was just full of women . |
| 27 | A coach was just right ; like being on a very tall horse , or even an elephant . |
| 28 | Equating grade C with a pass was just historical , harking back to the days of the O-level , he explained , and the Government was keen to get away once and for all from the pass/fail idea . |