Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , piss off , ’ shouted someone at the other end of the hut , as a boot bounced off the door just as the Sergeant made his exit . |
| 2 | We 've had quite a busy afternoon , Mr Andropulos , and at the moment we 're anchored over a plane that crashed into the sea just about the time we were receiving your SOS . ’ |
| 3 | Then , on the day of his journey home , an aeroplane from Sydney crashed into the sea just south of Hong Kong . |
| 4 | It bumped into the bank just as Kate pulled the cork from the bottle . |
| 5 | Marc had finished his rearrangement of the videos and moved across the room just as she herself moved forward . |
| 6 | I came into the hall just in time to see it . |
| 7 | Paul Lane came into the room just as he had finished telephoning Laetitia . |
| 8 | We believe it drove onto the site just before the call to the fire brigade — and that 's what we 're trying to ascertain from the travellers . |
| 9 | He came to the orphanage just after I went in there , and they let him take me out to tea . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not saying he came to the salon just for conversation ? ’ |
| 11 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 12 | Now the sky grew nearly as black as night , and I galloped into the hotel just as the most torrential downpour I have seen in my life cascaded from the sky as the waters of the Red Sea might have descended on Pharaoh . |
| 13 | A cold gazpacho soup accompanied by hot , crusty garlic bread and followed by several special salads was on the menu for tonight , and Belinda arrived in the kitchen just as Mrs Porter was garnishing with parsley a deliciously chunky bowl of boneless chicken , artichokes , avocados , celery and cashew nuts coated in a tangy dressing and resting on a bed of purplish mignonette lettuce . |
| 14 | The Royal Bank branch opened in the town just two and a half years ago . |
| 15 | Then a little further out blazes a great American packet ( the Roraima ) , which arrived on the scene just in time to be overwhelmed by the catastrophe . |
| 16 | Boyden and Handy arrived on the scene just as this was beginning to happen . |
| 17 | Police arrived at the scene just seconds after the accident had happened . |
| 18 | George Cowley arrived at the hospital just as Doyle 's now unconscious body was being wheeled into the emergency operating room . |
| 19 | Travelling by the tube , I arrived at the studio just before ten . |
| 20 | Susanna Cellini was looking in the window of the ladies ' boutique when Stephen and Christina walked through the lobby just after noon . |
| 21 | Then I walked towards the room just as loud applause was heard . |
| 22 | And I mean , we were told it was a first class area but there 's , if anybody walked into the building just now you would nah see it was a first class area to look at the state the building 's in ! |
| 23 | She walked into the kitchen just in time to see Benny punch Garry in the face . |
| 24 | It landed in the water just in front of where the boy was standing . |
| 25 | Yet when I returned to the house just now I sensed that something — unusual had occurred . ’ |
| 26 | I can tell you , Donald , it was a very unpleasant experience , particularly as I fainted in the street just as the thief disappeared . |
| 27 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
| 28 | She sensed rather than heard the collective sigh of relief that went up as her acceptance rang round the studio just a moment before the signature tune flowed through the headphones , signalling the end of the programme . |
| 29 | I flattened to the street just as the first shots were fired … |
| 30 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |