Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] would 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I guessed I 'd just have to swallow it strong and hot and black and bitter , I 'd run clean out of Marvel . |
| 5 | He deliberately placed little emphasis on Crack in his film , because he ‘ figured it would just get in the way . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I decided I 'd just walk on and yap for a bit . |
| 7 | ‘ So we decided we 'd just get together whenever we could , and it was wonderful , like a miracle . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I would just get in and catch the end but it was over in minutes . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I 'd just pop in . |
| 13 | ‘ I was passing and I thought I 'd just pop in and see how you were . ’ |
| 14 | I thought I 'd just close me eyes and put a cross . |
| 15 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , ‘ but I thought I 'd just say so in case you got the wrong idea . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I 'd just spend my days messing around with nothing to do , ’ says that 17-year-old . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | " 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 . |
| 19 | Gloria Estefan at the moment , so I thought I 'd just get him the got a couple of records LP 's or whatever you call them now . |
| 20 | yes , I thought I 'd just nip in , let you know I 'm still alive |
| 21 | " I hope you do n't mind me coming up — I thought I 'd just come and see how you were , and perhaps sit and chat with you for a while " |
| 22 | but I 'm not sure what colour to do yet , and I had a bit of spare , there 's a girl who I work with who 's pregnant , so I thought I 'd just knit what wool I got |
| 23 | Before we erm before I came out today I was actually talking to some of the staff at Pembroke College and mindful of coming on her I thought I 'd just ask them what they thought |
| 24 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , Catherine and I thought we 'd just walk to the Lintons ’ house . |
| 26 | We never fought when we were engaged , and I thought we 'd just get married and have our own little home , I thought the bills would get paid and we 'd be closer than we were before . |
| 27 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 28 | We thought we 'd just come back up and wait for it , have a little more fun . ’ |
| 29 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 30 | My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ? |