Example sentences of "just [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories .
2 ‘ There was terrible friction between the two of them ; they obviously argued badly , Mark was having problems of one sort and another , and Luke Denner … ’ she gave a harsh laugh ‘ … well , he … he just made life hard , did n't give Mark a chance , any help .
3 ‘ Ah , ’ the guide said with too perfect a smile , ‘ then you may remember , too , that the doors through which we just passed measure seven point three two metres .
4 There was no fuss , you just became part of the family immediately and did everything together . ’
5 Or alternately if it was n't then we would discuss it again on the Thursday and if it was a failure to agree situation , then we just registered failure to agree with the management .
6 We only just got word and they better not find your Kevin . ’
7 ‘ Geoffrey just got hold of me , ’ she said .
8 He just got dormitory accommodation and as much food as he could eat .
9 which is what I , I , in the I had Eric Bristow and Maureen one night , and , I mean , it was just little dart board in the corner , but what I did was , I had a big screen like that and I just got student television service just to film it live and just throw it straight back up onto the big
10 Well I did n't get diarrhoea with it I just got sickness .
11 They thought they were such big stars , but they just created tension .
12 They more than pulled at this point — they just stopped communicating .
13 ‘ I just stopped voting when I came here , ’ says a disabled woman in residential care .
14 The latter group has been divided into those which reported a leptokurtic distribution , and those which just reported non-normality .
15 I just referred Councillor Wild to paragraph eleven on page A three , because , it it does say reasonably clearly , I think , that the Policy Committee resolved to review the overall level of spending in January nineteen ninety-four in the light of the Revenue Support Grant Settlement .
16 Now we we just mentioned Tarmac 's Tarmac 's objectives let's just go through them er after the course you should be able to make clear logical and well organised case presentations , fine .
17 He just mentioned caravan .
18 I just caught sight of my daughter in the car and — ‘
19 ‘ I just caught sight of it there on the kitchen windowsill , hiding amongst the plants .
20 Well , I 'm not supposed to tell you but he was smoking on the station when we just caught sight of him .
21 No , she 's gone on a trip , Simon called round he just dropped mother off .
22 It just added fuel to the fire .
23 To me , she just seemed kind .
24 she just seemed kind of old fashioned .
25 Later discussing the experience with his workmates the reaction was divided , some voiced complete disbelief , some agreed as they too had had similar experiences , others just nodded agreement with Willie .
26 I follow Rachel up the stairs , feeling like I just paid money in one of those Soho hotels where you take a girl and hire a room by the hour .
27 Erm I would , I think it would be very useful if you could make time in the next day or so , you do n't have to spend long on this you know , if you just spent sort of
28 Sun Japan , which just released Sun Microsystems Inc 's latest low-end boxes , plans to ship 10,000 Sparc Classics , 6,000 LXs and 2,000 SparcCenter 2000s the first year out .
29 For hedgehogs we just stuck cocktail sticks into the dormice .
30 She just needed relief from her burden of bags .
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