Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | But it turns me on just to hear you say it . ’ |
2 | I scanned them once just to make sure Zaria was n't among them and was pretty sure she was n't . |
3 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
4 | In her wake came the likes of Chrissie Hynde , who found it easier just to wear the trousers . |
5 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
6 | I 've just phoned her up just to tell her . |
7 | So I just put it on just to tick |
8 | He 'd seen it himself but he 'd see it again just to keep latched on to them . |
9 | It scares me now just to think of it . |
10 | ‘ Do n't denigrate her now just to please me . ’ |
11 | With great magicians I 'll sit and converse , the whole universe would seem like a little pond , deer would swim by and as it swam by , ravage by war neglect and in great pain , I 'll take it out just to wipe its poor face clean and then quietly put it back again , if I worked magic , magic |
12 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
13 | ‘ You brought her here just to find out if I still disliked her ? |
14 | Pete apparently Pete made it up just to get erm get at her . |
15 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
16 | ‘ Listen , I did n't get you here just to take me in — ‘ |
17 | The Holy Spirit is God 's gift to us , and he means us not just to read about him but to make use of him . |
18 | Unsettled by the riddle , Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace . |
19 | Just a microphone taking erm ju just I just have it on just to have conversations with people . |