Example sentences of "just [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that , erm , the fact that you 're increasing erm , protection , protectionism against it , is n't it likely to upset the producers who are exporting it , and who say it 's no point exporting it there cos we 're going to get erm , huge thing put on our things and we 're not going to sell that much , it might be better just sell in our own country , is n't that reduce world tr |
| 2 | Er , how do I get down at all , erm , of course that might not be a worry , you might and just remain in the realm for all eternity . |
| 3 | ‘ People think , ‘ Oh , you just sit in the pub and observe . ’ |
| 4 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
| 5 | And we would go for walks together or just sit in the garden , talking . |
| 6 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
| 7 | All you kids that just sit in line , |
| 8 | Daphne Du Maurier in her The Rebecca Notebook says she will , when in France , just sit in a cafe and let the conversation or the attitudes of the people at nearby tables gradually impinge . |
| 9 | When she 's crying with pain for something like a migraine headache , I just sit in the dark with her and hold her hand . |
| 10 | ‘ Just sit in a corner and appear thoughtful . |
| 11 | You 're not well enough , you just sit in a chair there 's some cake in the tin if he wants a bit of cake ! |
| 12 | Your job is reception and you just sit in there bone idle |
| 13 | So they just sit in the inside lane do n't they , turn up the radio , or put a cassette in , or maybe even get their papers on their lap and , thing , yes , but then the ones that did n't do this planning are the ones that you see going see them , probably you . |
| 14 | and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack |
| 15 | If you look at sexually reproducing organisms , and you do n't move about too much — erm I mean you just sit in Sussex and look at the birds — then by and large you do n't have any doubt at all to what species any particular belongs . |
| 16 | Well , I used to just stay in my house all night and lock myself in my room and think . |
| 17 | Maybe I should just stay in my tank , and make the most of the City . |
| 18 | ‘ Why could n't you just stay in the back of beyond ? ’ she said . |
| 19 | She wo n't just stay in the car , she wo n't want to stay in the car when she wakes up cos that 's too boring . |
| 20 | No up where the other 's are , where they 've just hidden in the bushes , I found sum brand new ones on Wednesday or Thur , after we had the heavy rain Why we going this way ? |
| 21 | The journey I had just completed in the Arussi had been the first I had undertaken in the highlands of Abyssinia . |
| 22 | ‘ What have they done to you now ? ’ she had mildly enquired , looking up from a photocopy of an article on The Compulsion to Public Prayer : a study of religious neurosis in a post-Christian society which she had just received in her own post , and Charles had said , ‘ Asked us to a New Year 's Eve party . ’ |
| 23 | There is a summary , your proof , your appendices , there 's a letter dated the fourth of February from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust , there is a special statement , and last , and only just received in the last few minutes , there is a supplementary note by Doctor on the Greater Crested Newt and its importance in relation to Skelton Pond . |
| 24 | Having gently and efficiently helped Luce into a loose cotton nightdress , the housekeeper was just tucking in the light counterpane when another knock heralded the doctor . |
| 25 | He 'd as good as admitted he 'd gone off her sexually by saying he preferred just resting in her , motionless . |
| 26 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 27 | Are these people afraid to expose themselves in a panel condemning the National Health Service or just to sit in the background and make any comments ? |
| 28 | I I do n't want to run out there just to sit in a house |
| 29 | The U V F which is now a much larger terrorist organization has responded by killing catholics and there 's tremendous fear now in both communities , there used to be just fear in the protestant communities , they were being attacked by the I R A , but now as the Cardinal has said there 's very big fear in the catholic community as well . |
| 30 | Wolsey just quivered in terror , shaking like one of the jellies his chefs had so recently served us . |