Example sentences of "[was/were] just [v-ing] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I in Terry was just mentioning his wife 's business , in advertising , d' ya , would sell the advertising space in your feature or your magazine or whatever try and get the bleeders to send you that what they wan na put in it ! |
| 2 | I was just getting his bottle |
| 3 | Across the road , Mr Zamoyski was just unlocking his shop when the postman arrived . |
| 4 | It was as if he was just biding his time . |
| 5 | ‘ In fact , from what Perkins was just telling his inspector on the telephone , anybody might have slipped into the Cookery Tent before the judging and put a poisoned cherry into temptation 's way for Henry Phipps . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I thought he was just clearing his throat , ’ said Jamie . |
| 7 | This was not accidental ; Loeb had moved from Germany to Chicago , where he influenced the young J. B. Watson , who was just starting his research career . |
| 8 | They went over to the nearby tea-stall and then , with their glasses of tea , drifted over to one of the trees where a chestnut-seller was just lighting his fire . |
| 9 | ‘ He was just doing his bit towards victory . ’ |
| 10 | He was just doing his duty . |
| 11 | An example is the appalling tragedy of lorry driver Leslie Parsons , who was killed last February when he was just doing his job . |
| 12 | And also it was a trick question because Mother knew full well what had caused the bruises ; she was just testing his nerve . |