Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | After reading my just completed programme notes for this Saturday , I have decided that spending money on a creative writing course at the Tech . |
| 2 | About Let me just w Yes seven . |
| 3 | And almost I am tempted to make my advice about writing it just one word — Do n't . |
| 4 | Only I gather he 's got a special reason for wanting it just now . ’ |
| 5 | It 's easy to get carried away by the many tools at your disposal so beware of using them just because they 're there . |
| 6 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |
| 7 | So , on the first day of brushing we just brush as much as the horse will tolerate . |
| 8 | Also , with Bush committed to opposing both bills , Republicans in Congress were anxious to enable him to avoid the political embarrassment of vetoing them just before the presidential election . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that an oblique way of asking me just how close ? ’ |
| 10 | Well I 'm thinking of having them just take some of the pressure off . |
| 11 | He sort of went he just went |
| 12 | And she had no intention of telling him just what she did think of him , not that it would have made sense , anyway — either to him or , more importantly , to herself . |
| 13 | It 's been a godsend for us to go down the street shopping , if you 've got a load of shopping you just stop right outside the gate . |
| 14 | You do need a mouse to run this program but it is that good it is worth buying one just to play . |
| 15 | It 's worth having one just to see the expression on your enemy 's face as the Giant jumps up and down on his cherished troops . |
| 16 | She stops talking , lost in the memory , the tangles , her mother 's hands , their shared care in getting it just right . |
| 17 | Barnaby doubts whether the United States and the Soviet Union would be interested in equipping themselves just for defence at present . |
| 18 | Before entering he just stood there giving his eyes a chance . |
| 19 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 20 | And y just cos I 'm used like used to phoning I just . |
| 21 | Well no she should n't be but since going she just suddenly appeared did n't she ? |
| 22 | John-William insisting on having everything just so , Amabel herself taking time and immense delight in her choice of furnishings , living a dozen delightful dramas every day over Aubusson rugs and inlaid cabinets , the recklessness of silk damask on newly plastered walls , the sheer extravagances of crystal and china which Linnet — the dear child — had encouraged her to commit . |
| 23 | He picked up the receiver , and without identifying himself just said , ‘ Could n't you have let me have an hour ? |
| 24 | I 'm gon na , you can chair it from there but I 'm gon na do it just to be safe . |
| 25 | But erm this might not believe me but I 'm gon na tell you just the same . |
| 26 | Do n't wan na get one just yet anyway , it 's a bit early . |
| 27 | In a broadcast on Radio Russia on March 15 he complained that the real purpose of the referendum was to " gain support for the present leadership " , adding : " The aim is to preserve the imperial , unitary state of the union , to preserve the system by renewing it just on the surface . " |
| 28 | We might begin by asking ourselves just what is a sexual problem : we may find the term a difficult one to define , and even more so if we attempt to assess the magnitude of the problem in any given situation or individual . |
| 29 | Alternatively , you can start a discussion by asking someone just beyond the offender to speak first and then go round the meeting leaving him until last . |
| 30 | Acts can be performed by saying something just as well as by doing something . |