Example sentences of "been just [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , as the hairs on head and body are all at different stages of the hair growth cycle , waxing does not always mean that some hair does n't grow back quickly — it may have been just under the skin just waiting to pop out ! |
| 2 | It was in the nature of a revelation but like all revelations , she thought , it has been just below the surface of my mind , lingering unrecognised , waiting , and now I see it and it is a familiar friend . |
| 3 | ( In the 1989 election the FL , with 7.56 per cent of the vote , had been just below the minimum 8 per cent necessary to win representation ) . |
| 4 | ‘ And the other boots would have been just inside the baize door as usual , ’ said Ethel thoughtfully . |
| 5 | I was about eleven at the time , it must have been just after the war . |
| 6 | Well , and I went to Ipswich well it must have been just after the war then |
| 7 | The occupational structure of the village was very different from what it had been just before the Civil War when the parish register entries had briefly given men 's occupations ; between 1636 and 1639 Thurmaston 's register noted 8 labourers , 5 shepherds , 3 husbandmen , 2 innkeepers , 2 masons , 2 male servants , a carpenter , a miller , 1 curate , a weaver , a tailor , a shearman , a spinner and a mole catcher . |
| 8 | He knows exactly what she means — he was brought up in a street that might have been just round the corner . |