Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] just [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 2 | Same way , one of the words about I mean I 'll just read it to you . |
| 3 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 4 | Erm we 'll do I 'll just get you to write that out in words and then we 'll have a break |
| 5 | I mean if there 's a decision to be made I hope they 'll just leave it up to me . |
| 6 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 7 | Erm er the costing involves we will just say we ought to be for the first fortnight . |
| 8 | and I probably wo n't stop I 'll just tell you a different way . |
| 9 | You know you can just flash it ? |
| 10 | For an extra two hours ' shift , well I suppose we can just afford it , can we ? |
| 11 | I suppose we could just ignore it . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose we could just ask them to stay in their rooms and watch the telly , ’ mused Morse ; but immediately withdrew the suggestion . |
| 13 | ‘ I reckon we should just give it a taste — ’ said the nome . |
| 14 | She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely . |
| 15 | Therefore I felt I could just mention them but not go into depth . |
| 16 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 17 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 18 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 19 | Gloria Estefan at the moment , so I thought I 'd just get him the got a couple of records LP 's or whatever you call them now . |
| 20 | Before we erm before I came out today I was actually talking to some of the staff at Pembroke College and mindful of coming on her I thought I 'd just ask them what they thought |
| 21 | so and I thought I could just leave him sort of like a message that was subtle enough |
| 22 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |
| 23 | ‘ Well , we thought we should just mention it . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , and if he becomes just an auto run it could just knock him back a bit , one of the crowd , you know , just another one |
| 25 | My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , everyone thinks he should just ignore it . |
| 27 | ‘ He thinks he can just impose it . |
| 28 | I think I might just give it a solder over because it 's er a bit dry in that area . |
| 29 | I think I might I think I might just tell her actually . |
| 30 | I do n't mind taking you on this silly tour , in fact , I think I might just enjoy it . ’ |