Example sentences of "[adv] she just [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suddenly she just wanted to be clean . |
| 2 | Perhaps she was aware of what lay above her , or perhaps she just ran blindly . |
| 3 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 4 | Perhaps she just did it out of the goodness of her heart — or perhaps ( and this thought provoked a fresh spurt of giggles in my throat ) half the little souvenirs that littered her room were tokens of gratitude — from Torquay , Margate and Llandrindod Wells — I pulled myself together with a great effort , and took my hands from my face . |
| 5 | Or perhaps she just did n't realise how close to the edge he really was … |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps she just wanted to come here , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 7 | So she just carried on ! |
| 8 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 9 | so she just had the rice and an egg with it and Gemma had about three pasties and I had stuffed tomatoes with rice and erm , what did I do with , I done rata , ratatouille and |
| 10 | When she got no teeth in she just got up |
| 11 | Ha ha I just she just said to me you any good at German . |
| 12 | She would have handed over to one of her colleagues , but somehow she just felt this case needed her personal attention . |
| 13 | was getting really cross and was beginning to call the police over she just produced a card and they just throw it and said this means nothing to me , this means nothing to me , cover your head and she just laughed at them and walked away , but he , he pounced on a Filipino girl who was actually wearing jeans , and socks and said her jeans were too short |
| 14 | Because Mrs B , right she just prejudiced , she comes up to me in the Cookery lesson , tell me to clean out the dustbin , and I was so vexed I started to cry , I was so vexed by it . |
| 15 | Once or twice she said , ‘ It 's not right for you to have so much to do , Em , ’ but mostly she just took the tea and sipped it and looked at Emmie as if she was n't anyone she knew very well , any more . |
| 16 | Sometimes she wandered quietly about with measures and notebooks , but mostly she just sat and watched and listened . |
| 17 | She went on to say that although she 'd done what she could from her Oxford home , and encouraged her friends to do the same , eventually she just had to pack and go to Orkney . |
| 18 | Eventually she just asked one night , ‘ Are you gay ? ’ and I said I was . |
| 19 | I did n't twig at the time but really she just wanted to hang out in the shop and she was coming up with any old excuse she could find to be in there . |
| 20 | More often she just leaked and leaked and leaked . |
| 21 | Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that |
| 22 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 23 | Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder |
| 24 | she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe . |
| 25 | Maybe she just said it in the heat of anger or whatever . |
| 26 | Maybe she just sensed what I needed — as you did , I 'm sure , when you introduced those letters . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe she just panicked for the moment , wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Or maybe she just learned from a more rational neighbour that the real Delia has been abroad for six months . |
| 29 | Then she just went off . |
| 30 | Anyway , then she just sprawled on the floor and cried her heart out . |