Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [adv] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held an untidy bundle of towel and swimming trunks in his hand and a tennis racket lay on the back seat where he had obviously just flung it . |
| 2 | Here I am , for Chrissakes , about to dine alongside two people who knew Claudia Cohn-Casson , in surroundings she knew well , in an ambience which I know ail too well , although I have only just arrived . |
| 3 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 4 | And er she won a point for that , and a point for this so anyway , showed me that , so he said well just stand up a minute Geoff , so I stood up , so he said erm now do n't move ! |
| 5 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
| 6 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 7 | In fact I 'm playing Xerium , of all things , and blow me down , blow me up if I have n't just found out how to get over the Mountains of Zound at long , long last . |
| 8 | cos I 've only just had my tea |
| 9 | Yeah I know cos I 've only just started recording again look I 'll let you listen to it in a while all right ? wait that long . |
| 10 | It must be in your tray cos I 've only just got that today . |
| 11 | She appeared taken aback , as if she had only just realised that the pair of them were not alone . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's just say I 'm about as helpful as you are practical — it would n't surprise me if you had n't just run out of petrol . ’ |
| 13 | A quick reminder , many people will know , but a quick reminder and er , if you 've perhaps just come back from holiday yourself , or you 're one of our new listeners , you may not know so I 'll tell you , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call , this very programme , will be breaking new ground at the end of next month . |
| 14 | You had no right to be ashamed of me , and I knew that all along , remember , even if you 've only just discovered it , so I did n't see why I should pander to your wish to keep our affair a secret , ’ she confessed defiantly . |
| 15 | Right , the question of will crop up later on , you know if you have n't just seen the paper . |
| 16 | YOU can also sue in the courts for breach of contract if your new employer breaks your terms and conditions , even if you have only just joined the firm . |
| 17 | There should be enough cream there now for four to six weeks on a twice weekly basis , but if you run out just give a ring in . |
| 18 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 19 | Some of them looked as if they had only just risen from their beds , as if this was breakfast time to them ; others had the look of people who had n't slept for a week . |
| 20 | Well it was if it 's only just come through from the fryer |
| 21 | Damn his ability to act as if he had n't just shouted like mad at her ! |
| 22 | He felt as if he had only just remembered , after a long time , why he valued her . |
| 23 | Lucenzo looked up as if he 'd only just realised she 'd slipped away , and seemed taken aback when he saw her . |
| 24 | Cos he 's obviously just got a three . |
| 25 | Ee ee he should n't be able to buy them cos he 's only just gone down ! |
| 26 | I do n't actually say that I view his piano playing as if he 's a miniature mixture of Oscar Peterson , Oscar Borge , Chico Marx , Russ Conway and Les Dawson , because I 've only just thought of that . |
| 27 | Right , we we 're not doing the minutes for the tenth of January because you 've only just got the copies this evening so that 's being erm , we 'll go through those at the next meeting . |
| 28 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 29 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
| 30 | I ca n't do anything about it erm yet because we 've only just got it , I mean what , what you thinking of ? |