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

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1 I just stared at the wall .
2 When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet .
3 Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work .
4 I just looked at the man , I thought , I oh god I ca n't cope with this !
5 No I just looked at the clock that was all it was
6 There 's a serious , a serious side Lord Mayor , to that greeting cos I just looked at the number of companies that are owned this shareholders scheme that they like to promote , the number of companies that 're owned by foreign nationals .
7 Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up .
8 But if you just looked at the work he 's been churning out lately , without knowing anything about his business activities , you 'd wonder what had happened to him .
9 The chances are that , if you were all given a lot of time to write each essay without your notes and you just sat at a desk and had about three hours on each question , you 'd all do very well .
10 That 's part of the trouble , part of why he is so lonely , but she just looked at the carpet in silence , at the dark place where Luke had once spilled black coffee .
11 They just knocked at the door and said how would you care to take part ?
12 He just stared at the Duchess .
13 He just stared at the water .
14 He just stared at the tablecloth .
15 As soon as he got out and about he was going round the house looking for you and then he just stood at the bottom of the stairs and banged until I took him upstairs and he could have a look round up there and then he realized you were n't there
16 A few people ran round to see how she was and he just stood at the window watching with a shotgun . ’
17 A few people ran round to see how she was and he just stood at the window watching with a shotgun . ’
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