Example sentences of "[vb past] she just " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away . |
| 2 | And when that faded she just dumped me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But — but would that mean we should n't have our Pack Meetings each week , Trusty ? ’ she asked in a tone that meant she just could n't believe in such an awful thing happening . |
| 4 | Her ever-present enemy , the heavy mortgage she had around her neck , tripped her up — and she knew she just could not afford the luxury of following the dictates of her pride . |
| 5 | Only I appeared to notice this , the rest thought she just looked happy . |
| 6 | Was her decision to play music on a full-time basis thought out — or did she just happen into it ? |
| 7 | Was there any more or did she just give you these ? |
| 8 | Erm , what did she just say ? |
| 9 | His wife came in and banged the door and he was furious because it made the china rattle ; he said she just did n't understand . ’ |
| 10 | One of the lawyers ' wives wanted to know the secret of Ellen 's coffee , and Ellen modestly said she just followed the percolator instructions , while the truth was that she put a cupful of cheap instant coffee powder into every percolated pot . |
| 11 | Thompson said she just drove straight home , parked the car in the drive and went in the house . ’ |
| 12 | It belonged to a huge and beautiful seal who said she just happened to have been drawn that way . |
| 13 | Georgia Griffiths said she just wanted to get them out of her house . |
| 14 | She said she just do n't . |
| 15 | She said she just bought me a mixture of things she thought I would like . |
| 16 | Well she 's got , she said she just wears the three , I do n't think she likes like the trousers . |
| 17 | And then er when they came back he says she says you know and I just says er and when she got out of the car , Dawn was out in the gar in the garden walking , and she said she just got out of the car and she looked over at Dawn like that took the kids in and she said I just says here you are , she said , come on Ashley over here , you stay and play in your back and your side of the er street from now on . |
| 18 | Or had she just seen him one day , walking around the suburb where he had been born , and said to him , in that sharp voice she used for all commands : ‘ Marry Me ! ’ |
| 19 | He was curious about how she would react — had she just given it out of social politeness , or had she meant it ? |
| 20 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 21 | And , that being the case , she supposed she just had to hope that , having been insulted so thoroughly , Count Romano de Sciorto would renege on his promise to Mother , and strike her off his guest-list for the whole duration of her stay in Malta … |
| 22 | She did n't spend the money on clothes — he suspected she just liked to see it mounting up as an escape fund . |