Example sentences of "he just [vb past] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remonstrated with him but he just laughed in my face . ’ |
| 2 | He just walked into her room , closed the door and came across to her , and Maggie stared at him wildly as he took her arm , drew her from the balcony and shut the french window , |
| 3 | In some indefinable way he just added to her restlessness . |
| 4 | He just got in his car and drove off … he was a fine sort of brother really . |
| 5 | ‘ He just played with his food , ’ Chatterton frowned , ‘ and that means he must be over the crash period , which means his behaviour 's going to be difficult . ’ |
| 6 | Usually he just sat at his desk and waited quietly for four o'clock to come , when he could go home . |
| 7 | He just sat in his chair and gazed up at Granny 's picture in its faded gilt frame . |
| 8 | He just turned on his heel and fled . |
| 9 | He was quiet to begin with , he just stayed in his room . |
| 10 | He just withdrew to his room ; the more he was questioned the more witless he seemed , muttering about shadows on Kinghorn Ness . ’ |