Example sentences of "were just [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | His troubles in 1971 , however , were not just the March and his propensity for accidents : the fact was that he was now an experienced F3 driver , known to be quick , but by the nature of the formula was racing against a lot of people who were just beginners and knew far less than he did about the sport . |
2 | Second , this war has been lost at another and even more terrible level : it is destroying our Serb feeling that our wars were just wars and that we behave honourably . |
3 | They were just friends and although there was a lot of that [ sex ] at Oxford at that time , a platonic friendship was not unknown . |
4 | Oh yes , but they were just things that you tied at the back and and er had a frilled round here They were bonny . |
5 | They were just movies that did n't come together — poorly executed , I guess . |
6 | The andirons with the brass flowers at the ends appeared unreal ; the burning logs were just logs that were burning and not the comfortable symbols of an indestructible mode of life . |