Example sentences of "have just been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ From day one he has just been a super example to everyone — from YTS players to internationals — with his performances in matches and in training . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It has just been a long battle for us all . |
| 3 | Until now his brother Phil has just been a shoulder for his wife to cry on . |
| 4 | I myself would seemingly represent the environmental lobby , but there have been others , many ex-members of Harwell , who have been campaigning for a long time now , many years , to get these reactors shut down , and it has just been a very long slog , and eventually the truth has had to come to light to shut these reactors down . |
| 5 | There 'd just been a cancellation . ’ |
| 6 | I in the past th Granville mentioned these letters that used to work their way down from on high which might have just been a , a bit of a twinkle in somebody 's eye with no money at all to spend on physical work but even so it was given the same status within the R C E's organization of five or ten years ago a a as an investment item was , it was almost authorized . |
| 7 | ‘ That would have just been a dream , ’ said Libab . |
| 8 | Lots of fiery meetings and grand gestures , plenty of petitions to Washington and protests outside John Wayne movies , but in the end they had just been a bunch of dumb redskins battering their heads against the white man 's bricks . |
| 9 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 10 | Yes , she said , there had just been a birth in the house , but the family had gone to stay with cousins in Haryana ; there was now no one at home . |
| 11 | So we invoked that agreement , and Charlie said Winter Garden had set a precedent and we said No it had n't , it had just been a Cold War expedient and those days were over . |
| 12 | Perhaps he had just been a delivery boy . |
| 13 | That had just been a lucky guess . |
| 14 | Any more than Sandra had just been a wholesome , beautiful , normal girl looking to settle down . |
| 15 | The others have just been a job . |
| 16 | Later the former Grandstand presenter said : ‘ It 's just been a normal family Sunday lunch . |
| 17 | It 's just been a dry summer . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a pity it 's just been a year . |
| 19 | It 's just been a good boat to us . |
| 20 | There 's just been a change in today 's programme . |
| 21 | It 's just been a long , exhausting day — ’ |
| 22 | It 's just been a matter of time . |
| 23 | Well maybe it 's just been a deep , a deep-rooted infection . |
| 24 | It 's just been a bit of a surge once a month . |