Example sentences of "be [verb] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two staircases that are situated just a couple of yards from each other are another curious remnant from the past . |
| 2 | We 're seeing just a few cases and I do n't deny the fact that occasionally there are bullies in the Army . |
| 3 | But I think you 're over-reacting just a little . |
| 4 | A woman and that do n't s I mean if you 're having just an argument it 's raised voices but a woman does n't scream and cry like that unless |
| 5 | Around this lily-covered pond are growing just a few of the 3,000 members of the Araceae family . |
| 6 | Instantly , three athletic-looking youths sprang from a doorway where they 'd been idling just a short distance along the road . |
| 7 | For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake . |
| 8 | Er , but that assertion needs to be examined just a little more closely because the British government are not without blame in relation to this matter , er the issues er affecting these forthcoming elections should have been resolved at the Edinburgh summit during the presidency of the British government . |
| 9 | The proposal may be to replace just a single building or a row of shops , or there may be plans for a comprehensive redevelopment involving a whole block or more . |
| 10 | But could we please be told just a little bit more about Compus course , er run by Horizon , that 's mentioned in the last paragraph , erm on the , on green one , it 's on the first page . |
| 11 | Leg and arm muscles should be exercised just a little bit longer after they feel tired , and tendons and muscles should be well stretched . |
| 12 | We also feel it 's important that we should be doing just a bit more than just having exchanges , that there is a whole process of that needs to go on . |
| 13 | Such was their isolation that their way of life hardly reflected at all the kind to be found just a dozen miles away . |
| 14 | You can avoid accidents in and around you home be taking just a little time to check up on your surroundings . |
| 15 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 16 | He must be feeling just a bit silly at the moment after showing his lack of faith in me yesterday with his home remedies and his general attitude . |
| 17 | The prosecution allege these scratches had been inflicted just an hour earlier by Mrs Chandler as she fought back during the brutal sex attack . |
| 18 | Gorbachev 's address to the 27th Party Congress in February 1986 was relatively short of surprises in terms of foreign policy ; there was nothing , at any rate , to compare with the unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing that had been announced just a few weeks earlier . |
| 19 | The case is being heard just a few days before counter action aimed at holding up attempts to sell the house if they are forced to leave . |
| 20 | Though they were made just a little lower than the angels , they were stamped with God 's character , bearing his image and divine likeness . |
| 21 | I felt as if I were moving just a beat faster than everyone else . |
| 22 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 23 | Perhaps if they had he would have been trying just a little harder and not preparing himself , as he was , for a long night of fornication . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's becoming just a fashion statement . |
| 25 | A LUXURY £12 million hotel with a TV theme is to open just a stone 's throw from Coronation Street . |
| 26 | She 's made just a handful of films in the last 20 years , but the actress says she does n't miss the silver screen — she prefers to dedicate herself to children 's charity work instead |
| 27 | IF Baroness Thatcher is feeling just a teensy weensy bit smug at the news that the Tories are in such a mess that a high proportion of them want her back as leader , well who can blame her ? |
| 28 | Panic set in — a teenage boy who had appeared in a film for US TV had been murdered just a couple of months before . |
| 29 | They would not have been contemplated just a few years ago . |
| 30 | He was using just a small group — a sax player , a keyboard player , bass and drums , as I recall — and he was really wailing . |