Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] just [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had sorted out the reins now and Caspar had explained about just touching the horse 's flanks with her heels to spur it to a gallop . |
| 2 | In the same pan , dissolve the sugar in one tablespoon of water over a low heat , then cook until just beginning to turn golden . |
| 3 | This is not confined to just making the applications do what they are supposed to but the whole concept of the Macintosh is that anyone can look after it . |
| 4 | Observe that this task can be solved by just altering the first three joints . |
| 5 | The ability to produce program listings or print out text must come very high on any Spectrum owners list of priorities if they are to progress beyond just playing other people 's games . |
| 6 | I do n't believe in just using monetary instruments . |
| 7 | As for what I meant by progressive methods , he did not believe in just filling children with data , if that 's what I meant . |
| 8 | But you were confusing him because you knew , where he 's used to just sitting there and telling blah blah blah blah and |
| 9 | I can understand but er I 'm , I 'm used to just going |
| 10 | However , the work of the Institute , through the Faculty , does not stop at just interpreting tax law and disseminating information . |
| 11 | Because but they do n't , I mean Lee alright , I mean I know by just looking at him what he , like his T-shirts and everything |
| 12 | Break the roots to encourage ripening by just easing the onions with a fork . |
| 13 | Then in the 18th century , either the choir was awful or the weather was awful , er nobody 's too sure which , but they then settled for just seeing the one thing they knew by memory which was this Eucharistic hymn : Todaym Parchym that they sang in the hall every night as a grace , and that 's how it 's gone on . |
| 14 | The crudest form of learning imaginable consists of just remembering . |
| 15 | But the noise and the traffic and the petrol fumes and the stress of getting around — occasionally I feel like just selling up , giving my designer-clothes to Oxfam , and starting again in a simple dress of dimity ’ |
| 16 | A TIP : If a power failure occurs ( or the mains have to be turned off ) temperature loss can be much reduced by just throwing a blanket from the bed over the aquarium . |
| 17 | I ca n't comment without just looking at it Mark er I 'm afraid |
| 18 | Surely in a way I 'm answering my own point , you would have to go beyond just having a set of words on paper which says we have a major exceptions policy . |
| 19 | Whether you pass an exam or not and you think to yourself , well they 're not really bothered about what you do , so that means you do n't really think of it in terms of , oh well , he is really taking pride in me or her and really want me to do well , it goes beyond just teaching me , it 's something personal as well . |
| 20 | You never thought of just taking the day off ? |
| 21 | Nigel Mansell is a man whose life revolves around cars , not satisfied with just racing them at speeds of up to 200 mph , his business life is based around them . |
| 22 | I felt that I had progressed from just wanting to ‘ be gay ’ to being ‘ Black and gay ’ . |
| 23 | It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours . |
| 24 | Dot knew from just looking at him that he was no hero , no villain either . |
| 25 | We established the same result in Section 9.2 by applying the CS conditions to LP* ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) and it is worth noting that the resulting inequalities typically involve more variables than if ( 9.8 ) is used , but ( 9.8 ) presumes a knowledge of the tableau as opposed to just knowing the BFS . |
| 26 | The point was that it basically has to come from yourself and if you feel funny about yourself , then maybe you should go to the root of what 's making you feel funny as opposed to just taking downers and then taking uppers . |
| 27 | The fact that the library was actually resurrected from its very sorry state now means that there is a far firmer base in the school for teaching children study skills , how to use libraries , how to retrieve information , how to in fact produce coherent project work as opposed to just copying chunks out of books . |
| 28 | Poking the eyes , as opposed to just flicking them , can blind your opponent for life . |
| 29 | Yeah whether or not you whether or not you think it 's been induced by the fact that , that they 've heard what happened in and they think that they can start doing that as opposed to ch as opposed to just saying we 're going to exist by creating |
| 30 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |