Example sentences of "had just the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But Kylie had just the right look and style and character .
2 Seve had just the right sort of build-up to the 1979 Open at Lytham : he won the English Classic at The Belfry , the first time it was played , and then he came second in the Scandinavian Open in Sweden .
3 He picked out the small nematode that had just the right characteristics , and single-handed , he established a thriving field from scratch .
4 The pens had the ordinary steel nibs and it was essential that they had just the right amount of ink on them or blots resulted .
5 Sophia herself was wearing a green jersey suit and a small hat , but she felt that she did not look so absolutely right as Ianthe , whose plain blue woollen dress was set off by a feather-trimmed hat which had just the right touch of slightly dowdy elegance — if there could be such a thing .
6 Well , hang on , we 've got one pizza shared out between four people , right , erm how many pizzas would you go , you think that was just right that , that was wonderful , we all had just the right amount of pizza , when we had a quarter , when we had one shared between the four of us
7 My mom said she had just the greatest time with you all last year .
8 They had just the one son , Cecil , but four daughters , Ella , Connie , Rance and Muriel .
9 I wondered if he had just the one broker .
10 If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence .
11 You 're going to get more , it 's just as if we had just the big pipe from the
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