Example sentences of "they were just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said Priestman : ‘ We did n't shoot badly against Spain — they were just brilliant . ’ |
| 2 | but then if you read the report of the match it said they could have won by more than that , they did all playing they were just unlucky , but he 's pleased with the result |
| 3 | They were just pleased that the movies had become a normal everyday activity . |
| 4 | In the end , they were just thankful that you 'd gone . ’ |
| 5 | Japanese erm , boy and girl as well , and they were just adorable , just so good , such lovely looking children Japanese |
| 6 | ‘ She was making these excuses that they were just good friends , and all she did was his typing . ’ |
| 7 | They were n't reds , communists , or anything like that , they were just good trade union men . |
| 8 | They were just lifelong friends . |
| 9 | In fact it worked out well for Fouroux , since most of his players ran into the sort of form which , if reproduced tonight , will make the Home Union 's players wish they were just that — at home . |
| 10 | They were just that — guidelines , she said , and each case had to be dealt with on its individual merits . |
| 11 | She daydreamed sometimes about finding a little flat but knew they were just that — daydreams … |
| 12 | They were just that bit better than you . |
| 13 | Oh they were just all that kind all those working kind of folks going up the glen . |
| 14 | Back in 1980 , however , they were just one of a generation of bands ( Bunnymen , Teardrops , Joy Division/New Order ) attempting to forge a new kind of rock music in the wake of the punk revolution . |
| 15 | ‘ They were just one of the off-shoots . |
| 16 | But then they were just two little boys . |
| 17 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 18 | They were just two people in love . ’ |
| 19 | They were just two points away and the last event was the shooting … the RAF 's weakest spot . |
| 20 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 21 | Consider the facts : there are about 3,000 architects in Scotland ; workloads have declined by as much as 60 per cent ; and some firms report that they are only half the size they were just two years ago . |
| 22 | Maidenhead in between , they were just two points behind Trevor , is that right ? |
| 23 | ( And all the time , at the back of my mind , the pedestals of famous philosophers , teachers , and experts were falling , until by the time I reached my own road they were just ordinary human beings . ) |
| 24 | No they were just ordinary factory workers just the same . |
| 25 | They were just ordinary , rather amateurish snapshots . |
| 26 | They were just noisy and I thought well this , I 've left my gates open |
| 27 | I mean , I thought they were just nice , chatty , qualitative subjects . |
| 28 | ‘ They were just marvellous , ’ she says . |
| 29 | The dances , oh they were just great fun the dances . |
| 30 | John McGee was building an extension on to the back of his Middlesbrough home but instead of making the foundations six feet deep , they were just five inches below the surface . |