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 . ’ |