Example sentences of "just the slight " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't just the slight pain that stopped her sleeping , it was also the mental shock of what she had done . |
| 2 | Suddenly , there is just the slightest hint that Mr Murdoch is losing the magic touch , and for many investment banks and financial institutions around the world that magic touch was the main reason for backing him . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't come to argue about politics , but about a nuisance … ’ just the slightest hesitation and a hint of a stammer . |
| 4 | Does n't a steady stream of perfect , size 10 cover-girls induce just the slightest feeling of envy ? |
| 5 | The boy 's black eyes flicked up at his face impassively , with just the slightest suggestion of contempt . |
| 6 | A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton . |
| 7 | The tone of her voice seemed to surprise the Mother Superior just the slightest , and she said , ‘ You have a clear speaking voice , child . |
| 8 | But did n't Andrew feel just the slightest twinge of regret ? |
| 9 | She opened the street door with just the slightest qualm , remembering the night Foucard and Denis had stepped out of its darkness . |
| 10 | After this narration , delivered at a slow pace , there was just the slightest pause in case the denouement , instead of being reached , was still to come . |
| 11 | I just the slightest sort of movement has readjusted it and this would not move at all ! |