Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corner of Darlington Town Hall known affectionately as the Rogues Gallery where photographs of former civic dignitaries are displayed has long lacked just one mug shot to make its collection complete . |
| 2 | He has now missed just two of Taylor 's 33 games , including the 1991 defeat by Germany . |
| 3 | Now this has n't happened just to me . |
| 4 | I do n't know if the general public has fully grasped just how undemocratic the present Labour leadership election rules are . |
| 5 | that was war time and , and there 's the petrol , there was no , well a squeeze on petrol , you know , you 'd perhaps had just enough petrol to do some jobs where you could use the horse and cart down the |
| 6 | She was surprised how much the gardens were used ; they 'd always seemed just a square on a city map before , not a three-dimensional patch of wildness surrounded by traffic . |
| 7 | When this happens , one can see clearly displayed just the convulsions and contortions the lava goes through as it flows : the bands are tightly folded in tortuous patterns . |
| 8 | The Reject Shop where the bomb was found finally reopened just after 10.30 a.m . |
| 9 | Pity , because she seemed to have already done just that . |
| 10 | he says , ‘ But they 've been brought up short when they 've suddenly realised just how complex these job evaluation schemes are — and just how much care has to be taken when introducing them . |
| 11 | Until now she had not realised just how much she needed a holiday . |
| 12 | I had not realized just how cold my house might seem , she having no need to be working about the place . |
| 13 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 14 | We want three hundred people by the end of this year because the business we 've already got just waiting to be done in phenomenal . |
| 15 | Up to that point , he had hardly realized just how deeply he was involving himself . |
| 16 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 17 | He stood scowling down at her and Claudia wished she were taller than the five feet eight she had always thought just right . |
| 18 | I 've ever done just keeping quiet ! |
| 19 | We thought that he had probably found just eight such examples out of a total of 1,000 . |
| 20 | Clenching his teeth , George had to remind himself that he had now got just the endorsement he wanted . |
| 21 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
| 22 | Jenna had n't realised just how weak she felt until that moment and she kept a firm grip on the back of the settee . |
| 23 | Robbie had n't realised just how much she 'd missed sleeping in a conventional bed , with plenty of room to stretch out her long legs . |
| 24 | And , frankly , she had n't realised just how out of shape she was ! |
| 25 | ‘ I had n't realised just how well you were able to protect yourself ! |
| 26 | The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ‘ We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . ’ |
| 27 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 28 | Pat said that until she heard that , she had n't realized just how anti-women her brother was . |
| 29 | All the same , ’ she sighed , ‘ I wish it had n't happened just now . ’ |
| 30 | I had n't known just how sensitive granite could be . |