Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't you think , ’ he said , ‘ you 're reacting in just the way she wants ? ’ |
| 2 | And if you find that sprinkling on just a little bran in no way detracts from your bowl of breakfast cereal , then you will be tempted to continue to do so . |
| 3 | Loose oxygenators can be removed altogether , keeping back just a few rooted cuttings for the following spring . |
| 4 | Damian ffrench-Farce , their ‘ brilliant , totally undiscovered ’ interior designer , scoured dozens of builders ' yards , hunting down just the right sort of town-house brick , thrown out in the course of demolishing other houses of similar vintage ; when the supply ran out , bricks were made specially for them by local craftsmen . |
| 5 | After it had crossed the Torrente Taro the tram had a dead straight journey for the rest of the way , stopping at three more places and picking up just a few more passengers , none of whom were regulars . |
| 6 | The night sky was still clouded picking up just a hint of the glow from the street lights that silhouetted the church , trees and houses on the opposite crest . |
| 7 | Our limited perception of time has difficulty in imagining events and cycles dating back just a hundred years , yet archaeologists have germinated and grown wheat from grains four thousand years old , discovered in the tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs . |
| 8 | It seems to me , everything 's going on just the same as it was before . |
| 9 | By this time my mother and me were getting on just a little bit better . |
| 10 | They showed that such models could start with a big bang , even though the galaxies were no longer always moving directly away from each other , but they claimed that this was still only possible in certain exceptional models in which the galaxies were all moving in just the right way . |
| 11 | Because there 's never any point in rooting out just the workers and leaving the management free . |
| 12 | Few of them flying about coming along just the line of the hydro wire at the hydro wire and just saw a blue flash and get down . |
| 13 | A crucial highlight was added to the toe of each shoe by putting on just a little white with a clean , dry bristle brush . |
| 14 | Bringing people together , tirelessly fixing up dates and appointments , putting in just the right word at the crucial moment , helping to forge new partnerships , Milton conducted both his life and his business with an extraordinary degree of caring . |
| 15 | Certainly , you do read the odd story that describes a person behaving in just the way we have outlined . |
| 16 | Any pain you can conceive of as hurting in just the same way as yours hurt must be conceived of as hurting you . |