Example sentences of "[noun sg] just [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I reckon if we practise a lot during the holidays if you play with the pennies and things and think about the spellings and try you know you do n't have to read through the whole dictionary just learn some |
| 2 | But the seal just looked puzzled and kind , then smiled like the sun rising . |
| 3 | Other people can be motivated into activity year-in-year-out just to acquire more and more money . |
| 4 | It was taking all her powers of concentration just to keep warm . |
| 5 | His mouth just dropped open ! ’ |
| 6 | Daft way of having a cup of tea just got used to it |
| 7 | A bolero for example , is really just a short cardigan with curved front edges and crossover cardigan just has extra width built in to the front pieces so that they overlap each over . |
| 8 | For YOUR chance to see the action just phone this number 0891 111 993 . |
| 9 | I 'll have to get this on tape just to prove that |
| 10 | Consequently , adjustment of the negative feedback loop R 1 , R 2 such that the gain before positive feedback just exceeds three yields a close approximation to sinusoidal oscillation at frequency As an alternative to determining the frequency of oscillation through R-C filters as in the Wien bridge oscillator , sinusoidal oscillators can be constructed using series or parallel-resonant L-C filters in conjunction with positive feedback . |
| 11 | Any normal man would find it a pleasure just to sit still and look at her , drinking her in . |
| 12 | Indeed , so long as total pleasure just outweighs total pain an ever increasing population is likely to be a more effective way of increasing happiness than making life better for each individual . |
| 13 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 14 | But the project was all massively exaggerated by O'Rourke , a Walter Mitty conman just declared bankrupt . |
| 15 | Nils , just wafting up the passenger-tube past the customs check , of course just looked high , excited , fulfilled even , like so many of the passengers now that the strange air of Steel City was wafting between the decks . |
| 16 | My mum just has black coffee okay ? , got sugar in , any one , my mum can have the one with Brian written on it though |
| 17 | She 'll be out in ten minutes , but I 'll pinch some loose skin just to make sure there 's no reaction . ’ |
| 18 | His briefcase just got heavier and heavier ! |
| 19 | You tossed your opponent for first strike , then the loser just stood still like a lemon with his conker dangling from the string . |
| 20 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 21 | Why could n't the boy just keep still and watch the bloody film ? |
| 22 | The girl just had this dick in her face . |
| 23 | The girl just had this dick in her face . |
| 24 | and they just drop it in with a clamp and it gets sh shoved in and then another bloke just connects all the wires up |
| 25 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |
| 26 | The rash check just assists Black in getting his act together . |
| 27 | This earring here , this pendant earring just lifts that area up just a little bit , not too much , not too obtrusive , but just enough for sort of a a highlight catching the pendant earring just to lift it up a little . |
| 28 | The improvement has been tremendous , in fact I am more willing to pay the dreaded poll tax just to see this part of Darlington looking as nice . |
| 29 | more per head from United Kingdom taxation than the rest of the United Kingdom , so unless England , of its benevolence , gave more tax revenues to Scotland there would have to be a 5p increase in tax just to stand still . |
| 30 | Each line speaks volumes about the lives of the real people ( in the first two instances ) and the characters ( in the third example ) involved , and if ever you feel in need of a cure for insomnia just memorize one of these quotations , take it to bed with you , and try to imagine the events that could have preceded and followed the moment described in each of the brief extracts . |