Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I I found I 'd just put a hundred there instead and that 's why I put two hundred |
| 2 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 3 | She found she could just catch a direct Finnair flight if she hurried . |
| 4 | I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived . |
| 5 | No I think it was just , certainly Tom tried to lift us or because over the winter months when nothing was happening negotiations-wise , you know he knew if he did n't lift us then nothing would and everyone would get so disheartened they 'd just say oh sod it and back to work or forget it and what have you . |
| 6 | I imagined he could just sit down , perhaps at the typewriter to which he had recourse even for poetry , and produce the requisite text . |
| 7 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 8 | I guessed I 'd just have to swallow it strong and hot and black and bitter , I 'd run clean out of Marvel . |
| 9 | This is so much easier with the mouse — with more than one page displayed you can just select cells and jump to them — and I would certainly urge every user of SuperCalc 5 to upgrade without hesitation . |
| 10 | He deliberately placed little emphasis on Crack in his film , because he ‘ figured it would just get in the way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I decided I 'd just walk on and yap for a bit . |
| 12 | At first I saw nothing , then as I watched I could just discern a faint nodding of the head . |
| 13 | She reconsidered his offer of help and reluctantly decided she might just have to accept it . |
| 14 | ‘ So we decided we 'd just get together whenever we could , and it was wonderful , like a miracle . |
| 15 | I bet you laughed I can just imagine your face . |
| 16 | Therefore I felt I could just mention them but not go into depth . |
| 17 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 18 | thought I 'll just put that on it . |
| 19 | I 've got some catching up to do as well , but I thought I might just grab an hour , maybe late this afternoon when everything 's relatively quiet . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I would just get in and catch the end but it was over in minutes . |
| 21 | Well I thought I 'd just do a freezer shop anyway — just the basics basically plus one or two Little Extras , just the odd thing Derek likes , just in case … |
| 22 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I 'd just pop in . |
| 25 | ‘ I was passing and I thought I 'd just pop in and see how you were . ’ |
| 26 | I thought I 'd just close me eyes and put a cross . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , ‘ but I thought I 'd just say so in case you got the wrong idea . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I thought I 'd just spend my days messing around with nothing to do , ’ says that 17-year-old . |
| 29 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 30 | " Excuse me , Mrs James , I 'm Gordon 's mother , I thought I 'd just look in , as I have n't had the pleasure of meeting you . |