Example sentences of "just [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen Brown has just been head-hunted from Alcan as new managing director and ‘ heir apparent ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Then perhaps I 've just been unlucky with the ones I 've met . ’ |
| 3 | ERNIE 's just been down-rated by the way to reduce the ou the , the ac the average now is less than seven percent . |
| 4 | It would mean I mean we 've just been involved with one of the hospital because there 's an audit commission report on costs to hospital services . |
| 5 | The full significance of this fleeting moment is only evident when the letter page of HBR reveals a bitter contest over screen design between American Airlines , the developers of the system , and trans Atlantic competitors ; ‘ a chief legal officer of a major international airline … had just been involved in a long , rancorous struggle to get its non stop flight from Europe to the United States off the 23rd of SABRE 's 23 possible screens ’ ( HBR , July-August 1990 : 176 ) . |
| 6 | They 're not actually erm , using the D S O , and I 've just been involved in the |
| 7 | I 've just been involved in the selection of caterers for erm , South Wilts Grammar School , and I 've got to say , and I 've told Mr this , because he criticised me , Concept Catering were n't in the le in the frame . |
| 8 | He 's just been nice to me . ’ |
| 9 | My brother , sister and I have made lots of friends whilst we have been down there , but it only really started to fascinate us from about 2 or 3 years ago , before then we had just been interested in swimming , going into the amusements and going to the beach etc . |
| 10 | I guess his leaving coincided with my dad stopping taking me to Elland Road so maybe I 'm just been sentimental for the happy days when I could get a parentr to pay for the tickets ! ! |
| 11 | It will just be visible to the teacher but not to the class . |
| 12 | in the fog and frost so , perhaps they just be content with our voices |
| 13 | The Arsenal pair might just be capable of staging the best road show since Hope and Crosby — but Ipswich had very few laughs at Highbury . |
| 14 | And it would not just be decent in its coverage — it would look decent . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'll just be delighted at signing someone who is a real player 's player . |
| 16 | Just be good to me , ah ah , er oh , in the morning , just be good to me , |
| 17 | That might just be possible in countries with zero-growth populations , but in the fecund Third World the result would be the equivalent of the ancient Saxon custom of gavelkind , in which the inheritance was divided equally among all the sons . |
| 18 | I wish people would just be thankful for life and knowledge , without the moaning and nit-picking that goes on , whenever the language seems wrong . |
| 19 | we 'll just be thankful for what we 've got shall we ? |
| 20 | The reason for this may be because God was increasingly called ‘ the Holy One ’ ( there was a slightly increasing tendency in intertestamental writings and the Dead Sea Scrolls to speak of ‘ the Holy Spirit ’ ) but might just be due to the character of Jesus . |
| 21 | Now that kind of burst of strength would just be feasible for a miocenic . |
| 22 | You may just be bored with your current relationship , and your boredom is making the idea of an affair with a woman seem all the more exciting . |
| 23 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 24 | think it should just be available in in shops ? |
| 25 | Of course , you may just be curious about how other people spend their working lives . |
| 26 | Mr Brunhead , who represented Thames Transit Limited stated that the City Council could just be proud of what it had done , for public transport , and he was aware that the city council was looking again at the balanced transport policy , and ways of making the city centre more viable for bus and for public transport . |
| 27 | Why ca n't you just be happy with your life ? |
| 28 | Anyway it 's the first time since the Revie years that we 've won 5 on the trot in the league so lets just be happy for a while . |
| 29 | Lilly Foley wondered would he fall in love easily , or did the rugby take so much time that he would just be satisfied with the distant adulation of the girls who watched and cheered the games . |
| 30 | So I said : ‘ If you will just be quiet for a moment , I 'll have a go . ’ |