Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How they did n't see me , I 'll never know , 'cos I was just huddled up in the corner of the alley . |
| 2 | I was just wanted the numbers |
| 3 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 4 | ‘ I was just fascinated and delighted by your story , ’ she fudged . |
| 5 | I was just lost . |
| 6 | having your normal period was n't ever mentioned , I was just sent along to the lav , my sister came with me , she said ‘ you wear this ’ , and that was that — My mother never even mentioned it … you got married and you had children , I did n't know there was such a thing that you could not have them and it just went on and on . |
| 7 | ‘ I had to climb out again to get some air and when I went back in I was just beaten back . |
| 8 | I was just fed up with the whole situation . |
| 9 | I was just damaged goods , another misfit , another over-educated , under-motivated loser who had missed his chance and drifted into the Sargasso Sea of EFL work . |
| 10 | ‘ I did write to them but I was just snubbed . ’ |
| 11 | I du n no whether it was a real cat , I do n't think so , as a matter of fact I was just finished reading the book which is interesting , tell you all about the river . |
| 12 | No , I was just enthralled |
| 13 | I was just thought of as ‘ spoiled ’ or ‘ like a daft lass ’ rather than being gay . |
| 14 | I was just overwhelmed with a sense of uncleanness . |
| 15 | I was just gobsmacked |
| 16 | It might be and oh ah I was just sat there going mm , yes I believe Hannah ! |
| 17 | Well when , when Friar Lawrence returned when he was meant to be giving the letter to Romeo , I was just devastated , I did I just did n't know what to do so all I could do was rush down to the graveyard and try and stop Romeo , by the time I was there it was too late . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just hired to do mundane work , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Yeah but I was just got out of it , not very good at it . |
| 20 | And I was just told me I should go up to I just needed a . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just told to report . ’ |
| 22 | I was just told he was a a fair average . |
| 23 | ‘ I was just worked up , ’ she said . |
| 24 | I thought you were her lover , someone she 'd never told me about , and I was just knocked back by all the emotions I felt . |
| 25 | She were just laid there , dead still , ’ said the home-help , relishing the sound of her own words . |
| 26 | We 're not told and it does n't say on your ballot paper please be sure to remember you 're voting on what you think is right rather than what is in your personal interest , you were just asked to vote . |
| 27 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 28 | Sorry to disappoint you , but I 'm afraid you were just pipped for the star prize . |
| 29 | You had nothing to hold on to , you were just squeezed in between daddy 's legs . |
| 30 | She was just covered in dressings and things . |