Example sentences of "[modal v] just [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was late at night and I decided , I was just sort of talking I 'd say , I ca n't get rid of this headache , and I do n't know what I 'm gon na do , I do n't whether I should just not worry about it cos I 'm not that old , and I was really pouring my heart out to him , and he turns round and he says , yeah , you need a new clutch you really need a new clutch . |
| 2 | A big tank should just about do , at a push , you 'll get away with 48″ × 15″ × 12″ ( 120 × 38 × 30cm ) , but you really need 60″ × 18″ × 15″ ( 150 × 45 × 38cm ) to be fair . |
| 3 | ‘ I reckon that should just about do it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Should just about make it . ’ |
| 5 | I should just about have finished at the hairdresser 's by then . ’ |
| 6 | I must just quickly stress on looking at it very closely last night that only one was in West Sussex . |
| 7 | They find new ways of sharing what resources there are , whether collaborating in local policing or working with health authorities or whatever it is and I think they form the base for renewal of politics because we have to recreate politics for localities upwards and here , just finally chancing my arm , I must just frankly say that I am not clear that over-large amalgamations of unions will be much more helpful than over-centralized government bureaucracies . |
| 8 | Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ? |
| 9 | Let's just really bore them ! |
| 10 | Very well , I 'll , let's just then move on to resolution number thr , thr , three as printed on your order paper . |
| 11 | They include poor handling and breaking in , anxiety or excitement , resentment of a particular form of work or a rider who bumps up and down on the horse 's back , or , of course , the horse may just simply prefer not to be ridden ! |
| 12 | Mo may just not care what gets said about the Company — it 's all the new team now — as long as he is n't caught saying it himself And if he gas blamed for some dirty work that got started fifteen years ago — and I doubt he was directly responsible ; he was too senior then — how much does it hurt him now ? |
| 13 | The , the , the numerical majority he says may just not have the intelligence to make the right decisions and what he 's particularly concerned about is that the uneducated poor who he calls the numerical majority will vote to equalize property . |
| 14 | I worry about my daughter , she 's growing up in a world where things are inevitably going ’ Asked whether he may just possibly have got it all wrong , Hopkins pauses melodramatically . |
| 15 | Purists may just possibly consider the analogy with Kipling 's powerful verse a bit over the top , bordering on the hyperbole , but what matter ? |
| 16 | If you want exorcisms — and that is what we both wanted , you may just possibly remember — if you want all the comforts of that gem of ecclesiastical mumbo jumbo , you 'd better get ready for the opposite an ’ all … |
| 17 | You can buy just about everything you ever need in Funchal , but you may have to search to find it — many shops may just recently have run out of the very product you want , so that you have to search for a shop which still has old stock until more is imported . |
| 18 | They 'll just not do it if they are not paid and a chance to develop the game will be lost . |
| 19 | I should n't have brought that actually , so I 'll just not do anything this go . |
| 20 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 21 | Hi I 'll just just show you what er well Kerry 'll 'll show you she knows what er what we 're what you 're going to do over the next day or so do n't you . |
| 22 | And there 's another ten and we 'll just about fit it on if we go right up to the edge of the paper sort of leave one square . |
| 23 | I think we 'll , we 'll just about move on to the next paragraph please , is that you lot Paul . |
| 24 | and just assume that she , she 'll just about use it , erm |
| 25 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 26 | What I 'll do is I 'll just quickly skim |
| 27 | No I 'll just go and , I 'll just quickly clean erm I 'll just set the camera up that 's all . |
| 28 | I 'll just quickly read what I want to Okay . |
| 29 | I mean it 's no good having a your own identity number and then telling everybody what it is , because that 'll just never raised its head anyway that much did it ? |
| 30 | You 'll just never know . |