Example sentences of "but they just " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Rugby Union is oblivious to us ; they mean well but they just do n't realise what 's going on up here . ’ |
| 2 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 3 | I stop these couple of young kids and ask them where my home is , but they just laugh at me . |
| 4 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 5 | ‘ There are some marvellous directors and performers but they just do n't get a chance to show what they can do . |
| 6 | But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it . |
| 7 | I tried ducking under broken sections , but they just ducked right down after me . |
| 8 | But they just looked sad . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't mind , ’ she explained , ‘ but they just took it for granted that she would go back to work and I would look after the baby , without even asking me . ’ |
| 10 | They thought they were such big stars , but they just created tension . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I would n't have minded , but they just threw mine at me when we were kitted out . |
| 12 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 13 | But they just might to make certain you 're not here — that you have left for the Lake District . ’ |
| 14 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 15 | I mean , a lot of social workers , they try to understand and they are sympathetic , but they just have n't got a clue , y'know . |
| 16 | But they just took off , vanished . |
| 17 | They walk into the corner of the TV set and you think they 've broken their skull , but they just bounce off ; next moment they sit down very gently on their bottoms which are padded with what looks like fifteen nappies and they burst into tears . |
| 18 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 19 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 20 | I was doing veterinary for two years and I wrote away to companies but they just were n't all that keen to ge give girls a chance . |
| 21 | and people who are prepared to discuss the issue but they just do n't come out the door to where erm , the people are that need the information . |
| 22 | And it 's not , you know , it 's not really much chemistry in it , especially if they do n't ask you f for this er equation but they just give it to you . |
| 23 | I stare at the muddied , warped little card sealed in a deal-sized plastic bag , recognising my own writing and feeling my mouth go even drier than it already is and I can only gibber something about , Well , it looks like my writing but , I mean , and anyway , somebody , anybody could have taken that , I mean … but they just look quietly pleased and the questions go on . |
| 24 | She was prepared to stand surety for me , but they just was n't having it . |
| 25 | Your father and I have talked to Lewis and he 's said they are n't going to actually rush into anything , but they just feel so … right together that it 's … just come up , you know ? |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , but they just work from somewhere else , ’ Sarah said . |
| 27 | There would be a lot of smoke and flames , and the pilot would try to put out the fire with his flying gloves , but they just were n't up to it ; and while he was coping with this emergency , the plane would start to dive and spin . |
| 28 | But they just stood there as if we were the odd ones not them , which when you come to think about it is dead right . |
| 29 | But they just go on and on and bloody on . |
| 30 | The guns were blazing away at them but they just kept coming . |