Example sentences of "[vb past] just [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , by the time he had made one broom the floor of the hut was covered in bits of twigs , and he had to use the broom he 'd just made to sweep the floor of his hut clean before he could start making the next broom . |
| 2 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 3 | Came home , she came home with me , she came home with me , and I 'd just learned to play the piano , and I played that , it was , we 'd just come from Guides , you see , and I I was only young . |
| 4 | ‘ I did just want to raise the question of that boy … ‘ |
| 5 | Nathan Cohen was one of them , and he had just cause to fear the upturn of the events , as did his younger brother , Horace . |
| 6 | Charles had just turned to face the glass case , having made the analogy of the Hooded Owl and God . |
| 7 | Siegfried had just begun to take the stairs three at a time when his brother descended from the landing , knotting his tie with perfect composure . |
| 8 | Police were given a 15-minute warning by telephone and had just begun to clear the area . |
| 9 | The class had just begun to read the play which I had chosen when at 11am the radio relay came to life with an announcer saying : This is London ’ , followed by the announcement that the King had died in the early hours of the morning and proclaiming the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne , ’ recalls Mr Dowling of Staindrop Drive , Middlesbrough . |