Example sentences of "just [vb past] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just got up and left without looking at me . |
| 2 | One day one of the girls who came from Birmingham ( she used to come down , work the week and go back up ) , she just got up and said , really unexpectedly , ‘ I 'm going back . ’ |
| 3 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 4 | So I just got up and did it . |
| 5 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 6 | He just got on and obeyed . |
| 7 | ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’ |
| 8 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 9 | She just got on and did it . |
| 10 | There were very few groups that stayed together as a unit all the time ; you just got together and played what were current country hits , current pop hits , with whatever instrumentation you had . |
| 11 | ‘ I just wandered around and watched for a few minutes , to see how things were done , ’ she said over her shoulder , stowing a small block of fresh Parmesan in an airtight container before putting it in the fridge . |
| 12 | Anyway , after about half an hour — the whole lesson — I just dried up and said something like , ‘ Well , that 's it . ’ |
| 13 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 14 | She 'd gone to visit her parents in Chalatenango and nine armed men in a jeep just drove up and shot her right in front of her parents . |
| 15 | He had his back to me , so I just sneaked in and hid down by the side of the dresser . |
| 16 | Three and he just came on and played the piano . |
| 17 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 18 | That waitress just came over and said that we were in love . ’ |
| 19 | Just came over and asked what we wanted . |
| 20 | Apart from the GPR records , The Dog appeared on the much acclaimed ART EP with Kirk DeGiorgio and — ultimate accolade ! — released one on Detroit legend Carl Craig 's Planet E Label ( ‘ He just came round and had a chilli with us and we sorted it out ’ ) . |
| 21 | Ag again with the , the recommendations I think you , you , you went on to say can I , can I go forward in , in getting the recommendations erm without actually explaining what you were doing , you just came back and said so I 'll go ahead and get the recommendations and come back and see you in two weeks ' time and like what recommendation ? |
| 22 | After I left Tillers , I just came home and looked after my mother . |
| 23 | However the guys did n't give up , and we just came out and turned the game around . ’ |
| 24 | His throat felt thick , so he just turned away and took the reins that Harper held ready . |
| 25 | I just turned over and went back to sleep . |
| 26 | There 's a public access down to the beach and I just turned round and took it and there 's these places that you rent you know ? |
| 27 | I just turned round and says mine was the cheapest price anyway ! |
| 28 | Well he , he did n't really say a lot , er they asked him a question and er he , he just turned round and said er we hope , we hope it 's er a peaceful solution , that er virtually saying he hoped it did n't come to war , and Christine turned round and said ‘ yes we want a peaceful solution ’ . |
| 29 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 30 | Erm well a at one time , when we put various arguments to him , he just turned round and decided that everyone over sixty would be surplus to requirements and er and sent down the road if you like . |