Example sentences of "was just the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure . |
| 2 | My brother-in-law the councillor said nothing , just stood looking down at her ; and in his eyes was just the right mixture of kindliness and a sort of authority ; and something else — a twinkle , a you-and-me-having-a-little-joke-together look . |
| 3 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 4 | By contrast with both of these other planets , the Earth was just the right distance from the Sun . |
| 5 | In no time at all , the fire was blazing cheerfully , the curtains were drawn against the night , and Beth was pouring the water from the kettle into the bath ; a spill of cold water from the ewer , then another drop from the kettle , and the water was just the right temperature , the warm steam rising nicely and filling the room with a comfortable warm smell . |
| 6 | Set in the centre of the altar stone 's upper surface was a small depression that was just the right size for a normal-sized version of the device . |
| 7 | It was just the right touch . |
| 8 | It was just the right length to stretch taut , pulling the leg slightly back . |
| 9 | The wall was just the right height for the dog to make a leap and bark into the ear of the passers by . |
| 10 | The house was just the right size for us ; downstairs , an entrance hall , four rooms , a kitchen and a servants hall ; upstairs , six bedrooms and an attic . |
| 11 | The club was just the right kind of venue for them to cut their professional teeth on , and she was glad to give them the opportunity . |
| 12 | And that was just the second post . ’ |
| 13 | It was just the middle period that Barnsley , fuelled by the goal , were on top . |
| 14 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
| 15 | He said , with his back to me , until you went away I thought it was just the usual thing . |
| 16 | Jacqui was just the frayed end of an otherwise completed pattern and it was with reluctance that he dialled his own number . |
| 17 | No it was just the round circle and that was twelv |
| 18 | There was just the summer-shrunken stream from which a pale mist drifted to lie in shadowy skeins across the plump fields of wheat and rye and barley . |
| 19 | He was speaking very much more quietly than when he first came in and occasionally looked reproachfully at the door as if the thing which had depressed him was just the other side of it . |
| 20 | It came from his left , near by , and he looked there and found that Slorne was just the other side of the bars from him and she was looking at him . |
| 21 | As you face the station , he lived that side you see and er there , the room where they used to entertain their friends was just the other side of the wall the booking office , you see , and er he was such a kind man , his name was Mr |
| 22 | ‘ There was just the one copy , which limited readership somewhat . ’ |
| 23 | Er er there was just the one meal a day and a piece of bread and that was your lot . |
| 24 | There was just the one chef , and he was standing at what looked like a domestic range using a wire scoop in a king-sized wok . |
| 25 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 26 | It was an evening of blissful happiness for Jack 's brother , a return to boyhood , those beloved ‘ Malvern days when it was just the two of us against the P'daytabird ’ . |
| 27 | When I 'd finished and it was just the two of us left I put my arms around him and kissed his face . |
| 28 | It was just the two of them . |
| 29 | It was just the two of them left in the pub . |
| 30 | It was just the two of them , in the warmth and near-darkness of the farmhouse kitchen . |