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 .
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