Example sentences of "[coord] he [modal v] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or he could just have wished to have an excuse for placing men near the chateau to keep us under closer observation . |
| 2 | Or he 'd just tell you ? |
| 3 | His hobby is fishing and do-it-yourself things and he 'll just go out and buy the tools and I think , ‘ Oh that money , what I could have done with that money ! ’ |
| 4 | So I will budget and go around the markets and that , and find the best buys and he 'll just go to the best shops because it is convenient . |
| 5 | all the time , and eventually , I 'm not using that , and he 'll just start giving you the answers , and when he does start giving the answers , keep on , let him get a lot right . |
| 6 | And he would just have to learn , and quickly , to be glad of it . |
| 7 | In the later stages of Metaltronix I had a guy work for me who had a tube engineering degree , but that kind of knowledge still does n't teach you about designing — the times I asked him to design certain circuits and he 'd just stare at me ! |
| 8 | Rather than somebody as I say like me who sat down there and he 'd just quote all these figures and you would n't know what the hell he was on about and just , all you , all I would understand at the end is that 's what you got ta pay . |
| 9 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 10 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 11 | Write the cheque out and he 'd just take it in . |
| 12 | So then this fellow comes to the phone , obviously his missus had entered it and he did n't have a bloody clue that she 'd gone in for it and he 'd just come home from work and er Annika Rice there , saying oh where is she ? |
| 13 | A large spider 's web occupied one corner of the room near the ceiling and he could just make out the spider lurking there , quite motionless ; emulating Mr Micawber , waiting for something to turn up . |
| 14 | It came at him again , and he could just make out that it was part of his bunk , one of the side panels . |
| 15 | He was just getting out of the car and he could just get back in it and move out with the same expertise . |
| 16 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 17 | The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry . |
| 18 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 19 | Knowing Stuart she 's probably got a little hole down there and he can just flop it out ! |
| 20 | But he would just force her . ’ |
| 21 | Larry Lonik , author of ‘ The Curious Morel ’ , tells the tale of a man in Williamsburg who knew a special spot : ‘ People would try to follow him , but he 'd just sit down under a tree and wait them out . |
| 22 | He was asleep but he 'd just take him home . |
| 23 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 24 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |