Example sentences of "[verb] just [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know I can direct just as badly as the people who made all those clinkers with me , ’ he joked . |
| 2 | This was where things were happening just now . |
| 3 | He only got started to work just about a couple of years before the war . |
| 4 | ‘ We intend to work just as creatively to negotiate a convention on climate change — a framework of action for the nations of the world . |
| 5 | In Porter , an Australian ex-patriate who knows more about European culture than almost anyone , the old creative-writing nag about ‘ No ideas but in things ’ becomes ‘ No things but in ideas ’ — in The Chair of Babel ( Oxford , £6.99 ) it seems to work just as well . |
| 6 | There 's no string tree on the Classic S , since the string posts are staggered — not staggered individually , like Sperzels , but in a ‘ three high , three low ’ formation , which seems to work just as well . |
| 7 | The next day the boy seemed to work just as hard and just as long , but he only chopped down eight trees . |
| 8 | You need some sellotape just there round that arm . |
| 9 | Nineteen of the 31 authorities who spent over £3,000 ( see Table 11 ) actually spent £5,000 or more , and it should be noted that this group of 19 library authorities accounted for 55% of the money directly allocated to training by our sample , while employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 10 | As a relatively small number of library authorities carry out a high amount of training , so a small number of libraries spend a high proportion of the money budgeted : 19 libraries accounted for 55% of this money , although employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 11 | The Red Baron stands just over 4″ tall and comes complete with a hand-turned mahogany base , limited edition certificate , biography of the ‘ hero ’ and numbered and dated by the sculptor . |
| 12 | Price of oil falls from US$30 a barrel to $18 on perceptions of overwhelming allied military strength ; oil price stands just below $20 at end-January and about $18 at end-February . |
| 13 | They are strongly moved to express themselves outside the confines of their lovely bodies , while , of course , conscious that a large part of their appeal lies just there . |
| 14 | You can buy just about everything you ever need in Funchal , but you may have to search to find it — many shops may just recently have run out of the very product you want , so that you have to search for a shop which still has old stock until more is imported . |
| 15 | A person with money could buy just about anything . |
| 16 | With them you can buy just about whatever your little capitalist heart desires . |
| 17 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
| 18 | He was walking just ahead of her now , checking out the trail in the darkness . |
| 19 | Kerly harumphed , and moved off again , walking just as fast as before . |
| 20 | These were walking just as fast as the others — yet , for some reason , they hardly seemed to get any closer to the professor ! |
| 21 | They did n't notice Farquhar , walking just behind with the hounds , watching them carefully and listening very intently for their half-lost whispers . |
| 22 | ‘ Is that where you heard the bad words you used just now ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And did you hear the bad language he used just now ? |
| 24 | There was just enough speed for the aircraft to take off but unfortunately sustained flight was impossible and G-FLIX sank just enough for the main wheels to catch the edge of the dyke . |
| 25 | Donaldson , whose previous works have included a biography of the Canadian skier , Steve Podborski , has quizzed just about every available friend , colleague and observer of Villeneuve 's . |
| 26 | They cook just as fluffy |
| 27 | I think it looks just looks just just a mess now . |
| 28 | Captured in stark black and white by California photographer Ansel Adams , Yosemite looks just as good in colour so bring plenty of film . |
| 29 | A lake that has been poisoned looks just as blue beneath a northern sky . |
| 30 | The coming year looks just as uncertain . |