Example sentences of "were just [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Horses which a moment before were just off the pace crashed into the leaders , tipping off their riders and running up and down the fence , preventing any of the horses following from getting over it .
2 But they were just at the design stage when early on a July morning in 1978 twelve passengers died in a fire on Mark 1 sleeping cars of the Penzance to Paddington overnight train .
3 Hanging back so they were just at the limit of vision , she followed them through the tunnels of the complex , occasionally passing other personnel or soldiers , who ignored her to concentrate on their search for the fugitive .
4 ‘ The groves were just above the sea , ’ he said .
5 She has smooth , soft skin which glows softly as though a candle were just below the surface .
6 The sounds were just below the limit of human hearing .
7 On the other hand , when the amount produced is such that the demand price is less than the supply price , sellers receive less than is sufficient to make it worth their while to bring goods to market on that scale ; so that those who were just on the margin of doubt as to whether to go on producing are decided not to do so , and there is an active force at work tending to diminish the amount brought forward for sale .
8 Often they were just on the edge of being happy .
9 They were just like the creature outside , but only about twenty centimetres long .
10 They were humans but they were just like the monsters .
11 I was only teasing you because I thought you were just like the rest of them .
12 they were just like the old fashioned kind and er we 've never been to Harrendle since and whenever I get to Harrendle I 'd get some more sausages .
13 ‘ When the lights went out , we were just behind the stage .
14 Their running was impeded by the mass of men coming out of the main doors and scattering in all directions , and heads down , they made their way between them to the back of the Naafi and into the rest room , which was empty ; and they were just in the process of taking off their wet top coats when the supervisor came in , saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm in luck ; I was about to send to the hut for help .
15 And er they were just they were just in the in the act of of of tapping of tapping a couple of these barrels , and er i it was unfortunate that the that the police showed up .
16 You were just in the right place at the right time . ’
17 But some of them were just in the wrong place at the wrong time .
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