Example sentences of "he [vb past] just " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the end , he 'd just had to see . |
| 32 | Thacker stuck out a hand , then realized it was wet — he 'd just wiped his mouth with the back of it . |
| 33 | He 'd just remembered he had a couple of toffees in his oilskin coat pocket . |
| 34 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 35 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 36 | What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel . |
| 37 | If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different . |
| 38 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 39 | He 'd just discovered Rocky Roads . |
| 40 | He 'd just stopped going back for more . |
| 41 | I put ads in the dog press , and a chap from the Isle of Wight showed interest as he 'd just lost his . |
| 42 | I taxed him about it once when he 'd just dinged the rear corner of a new Porsche . |
| 43 | He 'd just gone very pale . |
| 44 | When we decided to treat Rob to a make-over , he 'd just decided to get rid of his curly bob and wanted something sleeker — fabulous timing on our part , do n't you think ! |
| 45 | He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl . |
| 46 | ‘ This ? ’ said Marco , glancing at the tape he 'd just slotted . |
| 47 | What he 'd just said reminded her of that business last night with the tape . |
| 48 | Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well . |
| 49 | Then realizing what he 'd just heard , Dowd drew a long , slow breath . |
| 50 | When I met him he 'd just done his shopping for two weeks . |
| 51 | When he came out of hospital they fixed him up with a job in a parachute factory , but he 'd just finished the training period when the war ended , and they did n't think they 'd need so many parachutes for the next one . |
| 52 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , as if he 'd just completed a mental calculation , ‘ that 's quite right . |
| 53 | Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath . |
| 54 | ‘ Well , Karen , ’ he smiled at her as if she were an acquaintance he 'd just spotted in a crowd . |
| 55 | He 'd just turned sixteen — and she was a married woman , with a child . ’ |
| 56 | Perhaps he 'd just slipped out of her , and located her anus by mistake . |
| 57 | Even when he 'd just shaved , you could see how his beard would look if he grew it . |
| 58 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 59 | Er he he 'd just taken some photographs out of last year 's er annual report and put a heading up and stuck some text on it . |
| 60 | He 'd just |