Example sentences of "just [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | December 8 , 1924 : I am at the moment just recovering from a heavy bout of drinking . |
| 2 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
| 3 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |
| 5 | Erm you 're just looking at a little bit that 's new and you 're forgetting about the old stuff . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not accusing anyone , just remarking on a strange coincidence . ’ |
| 7 | It was much more the sheer vitality and range of committed ability , lay and clerical , present in the Church at that time and just waiting for a new lead . |
| 8 | cos I 'm just deciding on a new window frame . |
| 9 | But customers , too , have only recently begun to see the big picture : IBM is not just going through a bad patch , it is in serious , perhaps critical , trouble . |
| 10 | Me and my mate , here , we 're just going for a little ride . ’ |
| 11 | With wildly beating heart , before opening the shed door I rehearse the lie I am about to tell him — just like in drama — including the correct tone of voice : ‘ Just going for a quick bike ride , Pa . |
| 12 | You get the impression that he 's not exactly stupid , he 's just marching to a different drum . |
| 13 | Compass orientation , we have seen , can account for the seasonal movements of birds and butterflies , which could find their way by just flying in a particular direction . |
| 14 | This applies whether you are just starting on a simple routine or whether you have already built up to one which is more strenuous . |
| 15 | But it 's also a personal thing : I do n't want to look as if I 'm just jumping on a green bandwagon . |
| 16 | When he joined Littlewoods in 1983 the company was just emerging from a disastrous turn in fortunes that had seen profits plummet from £49 million in 1978 to £11.5 million two years later . |
| 17 | Not just talking through a positive side . |
| 18 | If you are female , more than two stones overweight , and just embarking on a weight-loss programme — as opposed to switching from another slimming diet on which you have already lost some of your surplus weight . |
| 19 | Just mating with a single female may be difficult enough and very few will have the opportunity to mate more than once a year . |
| 20 | But er if they were just working for a single day , it was long day up till ten o'clock at night in a harvest you know . |