Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] just [vb infin] [pron] " 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 Do you think I might just find anybody here who 'd like a really good snog ?
3 Same way , one of the words about I mean I 'll just read it to you .
4 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 .
5 Erm we 'll do I 'll just get you to write that out in words and then we 'll have a break
6 They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened .
7 I mean if there 's a decision to be made I hope they 'll just leave it up to me .
8 But I do n't think you should just appoint somebody and say he 's a worker director .
9 So once crossed out that is perfectly reasonable , but I do n't think you should just say somebody is delegated to change the procedure and it happens .
10 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 .
11 Yes and er my mother was frightened to death of guns because , oh he was a bit of a boy at heart I mean you can just imagine everybody used to bring the sporting guns to be repaired and there was guns floating about all over the place , and my mother was scared stiff of guns right till the time she died er , and he got mixed up with all these sporting connections you know like go off to shoots and various things and I think he did a bit of cock fighting in his day as well , but I 've , I 've got the exercise books that his two brothers .
12 It 's alright I 'll just keep I 'll just keep my eye on her Where are you going ?
13 Erm er the costing involves we will just say we ought to be for the first fortnight .
14 and I probably wo n't stop I 'll just tell you a different way .
15 You know you can just flash it ?
16 And if if it does start dropping we 're gon na have to change our tactics and go and do something else you know we 'll we 'll knock on anybody 's doors do you know what I mean w we 're not proud and we 'll go you know we 'll just change our tactics and er whatever it takes .
17 Daddy , I do wish you 'd just get yourself sorted out . ’
18 For an extra two hours ' shift , well I suppose we can just afford it , can we ?
19 No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point .
20 I suppose we could just ignore it .
21 ‘ I suppose we could just ask them to stay in their rooms and watch the telly , ’ mused Morse ; but immediately withdrew the suggestion .
22 ‘ I reckon we should just give it a taste — ’ said the nome .
23 She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely .
24 I bet you laughed I can just imagine your face .
25 Therefore I felt I could just mention them but not go into depth .
26 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 ?
27 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
28 I thought I 'd just close me eyes and put a cross .
29 ‘ I thought I 'd just spend my days messing around with nothing to do , ’ says that 17-year-old .
30 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
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