Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this consists of nine credits ( see page 5 ) , three are common to both preliminary awards , so the student would need to take just a further six credits to gain the more advanced award . |
| 2 | I 'd like to pause just a moment and talk about the future . |
| 3 | I should like to pay just a small tribute to three of my youngest class members . |
| 4 | If you 'd like to add just a touch of the tartans , check out these suggestions for your home . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll have to wait just a little while , Monsieur Gravellier , ’ one had said . |
| 6 | ‘ I should have thought , ’ said Charlotte , trapped into genuine interest and speculation , ‘ that they 'd have built just a little further from the river . |
| 7 | Although it hardly seemed fair racing a man at least 15 years our senior , who could resist going just a little faster every time we saw his face contorted with exertion , glaring up at us like Charles Laughton in Mutiny On The Bounty ? |
| 8 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 9 | Surely even the most stalwart art lover must have trembled just a little when , earlier this summer , in conjunction with the four exhibitions organised by the Whitechapel Gallery ( featuring 200-odd works ) and over 900 artists — 58 groups in 53 locations — opened their studios to the public . |
| 10 | If they find a cure for say , lung cancer they 'll just have to chase just a tiny bit and they will do cancer . |
| 11 | TREVOR FRANCIS 'S celebration can of Coke must have tasted just a little sweeter last night . |
| 12 | He would have finished just a point short of an 18 maximum if he had not suffered engine failures in two races . |
| 13 | Today even Sergeant Newitt ca n't deny feeling just a little bit pleased with himself . |
| 14 | Last night we celebrated the defeat of Italy — our brigadier ordered a rum ration to all ranks in honour of the occasion — yet I ca n't help feeling just a bit sorry for the Italians , and have never found it in my heart to dislike them as I do the Germans . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't help feeling just a bit sorry for him , though . ’ |