Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] just [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I say they just did n't notice me , ’ Darius says . |
| 2 | And other people say he just lived quietly in the town after learning his lesson . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 4 | Listen I just rang up to say , I do n't really want to talk to you . |
| 5 | comes back and says when the teacher come , the teacher was there this time , urgh the showers are on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and then they all start chanting Geoffrey switched the showers on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and er , loads of them , not just him , a load of them did it , and he , he started to cry , and then that was it then were n't it , ooh tiny tears , tiny tears , ooh poofter , poofter , crying and all that I mean he had a right day with it , so he goes to school this morning in Geography and the every body in the class , the girls and every body were going tiny tears , tiny tears , and he said I just ignored it today he says I just took no notice he says , but they 're all going , how 's your tears Geoffrey , are we going to cry again today , he says and they were trying to get me to cry today he says , but I just took no notice and Stuart kept going like this Geoff and he says I just went so he , he did the same back and then he went Geoff and Geoffrey just went , I mean what you do ? , |
| 6 | And she says I just turned away too . |
| 7 | As far as I was concerned , the bits I rejected I just did n't bother with . |
| 8 | So we built this snowman round this rock and this car came back cos he came he just came in to hit it and he burst into and broke his bumper . |
| 9 | It 's she never attempted to go she just wandered all round till she met me |
| 10 | but I guessed I just rolled up ! |
| 11 | We do not believe he just wandered up there and lay down to die . |
| 12 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 13 | Well , I mean we just said well that 's , you know , an expensive place for a holiday by the sound of it , but erm we had n't got into any details . |
| 14 | I already have her roped I just did n't tie it tight enough , that 's all . " |
| 15 | ‘ I confess I just did n't think . |
| 16 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 17 | erm , I I let the person do what they wanted to do and not what I wanted to do I just went along with what they said |
| 18 | Perhaps this is , this is something we could we could , we could use to talk about in some revision seminar at the beginning of next term cos we , we , we 've sort of got up to nineteen fifty two erm maybe it would be helpful if , if sort of you know we just sat there over the vacation and then come back and sort of have look |
| 19 | So Bill says , well I you know it just shot out |
| 20 | she must 've been holding it in because she did n't wan na wipe her bum with her hand and then you know it just burst out before she could get to the toilet . |
| 21 | Well I said to Marie you know it just got round |
| 22 | He just went straight for him and you know he just did n't think about where he was going or anything and he |
| 23 | They were n't doing anything illegal and I was n't much of a fighter any more by then : I suppose I just caved in . |
| 24 | I suppose I just did n't want you jumping to conclusions . |
| 25 | ‘ I guess I just saw too many of those sci-fi movies when I was a kid . |
| 26 | He was appalled at their habits , saying they just covered up the dirt by placing new rushes over the old , thus covering the dirt and filth which was caused by animals wandering in and out of the houses . |
| 27 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |
| 28 | When Mr Jackson went I just carried on lying there . |
| 29 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 30 | ‘ But when I was reunited with them , I 'll admit I just broke down and sobbed my head off . ’ |