Example sentences of "[vb infin] just [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Even the currently flourishing Pinnacle Distribution did a kamikaze act just a few years ago , decimating the indie scene . |
2 | Your skin 's moisture content varies according to climatic conditions , so when the humidity is high , you will probably need just a light moisturiser . |
3 | Although PAS is a commercial business , Bill and Kath both have a soft spot for museums and collectors alike , and in the past have supplied , at reasonable prices , parts to large museums like the Imperial War Museum at Duxford , and to ‘ one man collections ’ who may want just a small item to complete a cockpit panel etc . |
4 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |
5 | Perhaps she could stay just the one night , then look for something cheaper in the morning . |
6 | She could make just a small detour … |
7 | However , it does not make just a single prediction for the universe . |
8 | And I would make just the same kind of point about the word " family " . |
9 | This limits the degree of possible grazing or nibbling and explains why deer and cattle , for example , will eat just a few mouthfuls from each tree before moving on . |
10 | He did so much for me , Ellie , wo n't you let me do just a small bit for you ? |
11 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
12 | Even though she 'd told herself that she was n't going to have any thoughts or feelings on the subject at all , the sight of Alina looking so good made Diane feel just a little bit sick . |
13 | But did n't Andrew feel just the slightest twinge of regret ? |
14 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
15 | Let me give just a few facts and figures . |
16 | That is handy if you could bring just the six pounds . |
17 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |
18 | Raising a languid hand towards a grey-haired woman seated in an armchair beside the dog , and who looked as though she might patronise just the same sort of charity shops as Ellie herself , he introduced , ‘ My mother . ’ |
19 | He sat in silence for a minute then said : 'l think I 'd like just a small whisky now , Mr Dalgliesh , if it 's all the same to you . ’ |
20 | So court dominates St Aldate 's throughout the war , and I think therefore we should spend just a little time looking at the people involved , erm but not too much . |
21 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
22 | WATERLOO are hoping that Mike Hayton will provide just the right treatment when they bid to reach the last 32 of the Pilkington Cup by winning at Lichfield tomorrow . |
23 | If the adoption of a female voice by a male character is a ruse intended , inter alia , to throw an oblique light upon the characteristics of womankind , the fabliau , with its characteristic representation of women in terms of their sexuality and such a capacity to allow overt changes of voice , would provide just the right mode . |
24 | Well I do n't mind just a little bit . |
25 | I will cite just a few examples , without any claim to being comprehensive . |
26 | Compare that to a whole forest in the UK that may contain just a few species . |
27 | A piece of handicraft may cost just a few pence in our terms , so where is the virtue in knocking it down any further ? ’ |
28 | Once , she did slide just the briefest look that way — to find Matthew , rather than being happily engrossed in entertaining his giggly companion , staring blackly right at her . |
29 | Let us take just a few examples of strongly formed collectivities with a broadly socialist orientation to illustrate the point . |
30 | Why take just the other day … hey , you did n't finish your Jack Daniels . ’ |