Example sentences of "just [verb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just broken the record for writing more books than any English author has ever done . |
| 2 | He had just broken the news to them about Philpott . |
| 3 | Seb should have been overjoyed at the news that Anna was not to marry the educated young gipsy , but he knew that unless Boz explained it to her — preferably in a more diplomatic way than the manner with which he had just broken the news to Seb — she would be devastated . |
| 4 | He 's just broken the news to parents in a letter to each family . |
| 5 | Just the bag , just bring the bag with er with all |
| 6 | And that 's where the men worked and they just made the barrels in there . |
| 7 | And you know I , I actually had phrases like bra burning thrown at me and erm I I said that feminism to me is about having the same opportunities as men and I put few of the phrases er er you know along those lines and so everybody round the table said well yes I believe in that too , I said well then you 're feminists and so it 's about valuing or devaluing words as well and you know you just made the point about changing words , but how far do we go with this ? |
| 8 | This time Damien Cronin kept going a move that seemed about to die and Hastings just made the line near the corner . |
| 9 | I 've just given the whole of life a miss for nearly a year , all because of bloody Adrian . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ Do you think I should pipeclay my alligator shoes ? ’ but he just led the way into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 11 | ‘ I just hate the thought of standing in front of a lot of people . ’ |
| 12 | ( The wine will just cover the base of the casserole . ) |
| 13 | John 's fee was his first professional one and would only just cover the expenses of presenting the act . |
| 14 | Okay if you 're left handed then then I guess you 're probably gon na feel more comfortable that way round erm but while you 're using this and while you 're making a point about what you 've written just just stand to the side of it I usually put me hand up have done there just make the points to be made , yes . |
| 15 | The director of Knossos 2000 , Dr Ken Wardle , who has many years experience of digging in Greece and who has just completed the excavation of the prehistoric settlement of Assiros Toumba in Macedonia , commenting on the importance of the project , told The Art Newspaper , ‘ Apart from the potential of the site itself , the project will provide an opportunity to focus research on the history and archaeology of Roman provincial cities in Greece , which have largely been neglected in favour of those of the Classical and Hellenistic periods ’ . |
| 16 | The Regional Council has just completed the provision of the first phase of access and servicing to the site , and is able to offer up to 4 development plots for sale or lease . |
| 17 | Leafing through the results of 13 years work — editor Lesley Brown and 25 assisstant editors have just completed the job of updating the shorter Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 18 | Two of the best-remembered things in it are Emma 's adulterous drive in the curtained cab ( a passage found especially scandalous by right-thinkers ) , and the very last line of the novel — ‘ He has just received the Legion of Honour ’ — which confirms the bourgeois apotheosis of the pharmacist Homais . |
| 19 | I HAVE just received the photocopies of personal interventions , including yours , to the authority of Zaire , from the President of Human Rights in Zaire . |
| 20 | Nurses can help , within the constraints of the type of chairs provided , by ‘ matching ’ the chair to the patient , not just helping the patient to any chair . |
| 21 | Sarah would not take a flying run , but with John and Nora running and holding her at each side , just catching the fringes of the grass , she had her stately share , too . |
| 22 | The sinking sun was just catching the gilding on the green dome of the buildings behind St Wenceslas . |
| 23 | The sun was just catching the summit of the opposite hillside , making a corona of light over the towering cypresses . |
| 24 | However much you pile up facts about the world in order to support an ethical case , you can not get an ethical conclusion unless you take some ethical premiss for granted , in a way which usually just begs the question against those with whom you disagree . |
| 25 | The first rays of the sun are just touching the summit of the Mountain of God . |
| 26 | ‘ Across the path , ’ she said firmly , ‘ with his feet just touching the grass on the landward side , and his head and shoulders in the river . |
| 27 | Break the roots to encourage ripening by just easing the onions with a fork . |
| 28 | the track as such , can I just explain the position on the |
| 29 | Right , the degrees of freedom in the numerator just denote the number of restrictions that you are actually making the test . |
| 30 | Just imaging the sales of a Gary Speed pillowcase ! ! |