Example sentences of "just [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 2 | Christ Church JCR in Cambridge has just voted to place a compulsory levy on students ' charges to subsidise tampons and sanitary towels . |
| 3 | I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the organisers and correspondents for keeping me up to date with the progress of THE WHITES this season . |
| 4 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Cos I just , I just want to have a quick look through it before I gave it |
| 6 | ‘ No , I just want to make a private call . |
| 7 | → I do n't think that our look at the Carlton Combo was anything other than a fair , unbiased review of a new product which just happens to incorporate a different technology along the way . |
| 8 | ‘ I just came to have a little talk to you . |
| 9 | ‘ I was just imagining spending an entire life closeted with only the company of your own sex … ’ |
| 10 | ( I ask you , and here is me just looking to earn an honest crust ) . |
| 11 | Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification . |
| 12 | Now we 're just going to 'ave a little hoppin' on the spot " |
| 13 | So therefore , the decline is just going to become a natural part of agricultural |
| 14 | So we 're just going to have a plain headstone , with my father 's names and dates . |
| 15 | Yes Well I 'm just going to have a little nibble at the end of that . |
| 16 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 17 | You 're er for the moment you 're not committed to a party , you 've just got to take an individual decision and I know Maastricht is very complicated but there 's a lot of gut feeling as well as precise knowledge about these things , so I want to take a vote . |
| 18 | I really like a very low action and it 's just got to have a whammy bar . |
| 19 | ‘ I was just attempting to prevent a severe loss of temper on your part , ’ he drawled smoothly , removing a cold bottle of wine from the fridge . |
| 20 | So how about you you 've you 've just had have a quick glance at that . |
| 21 | Our old mates THE ORB popped round to Vibes central control the other day for tea and spacecakes and a quick intergalactic natter , and somehow they just happened to leave a whole box of ORB window stickers in the VIBES record cupboard — and would you believe it just as they were about to leave we could n't find the key ? |
| 22 | Singly and in groups , in a variety of motorised transport , ranging from thirty-ton sixteen wheelers to private cars , they were converging on their Operations HQ — which just happened to bear a remarkable resemblance to the County Sheriff 's office in Rockford ! |
| 23 | The hedges were just beginning to take a firm hold , and the lawns still showed the geometric pattern of the turfs as they had been fitted together . |
| 24 | Erm we just like put a big spread on a big buffet . |
| 25 | Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time . |
| 26 | I just remember having a great time and then feeling tired and going off and having a sleep . |
| 27 | If Diana thinks she can just try to have a normal Christmas without the boys she is going to have a very miserable day . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But she could n't stand to see us worry , could n't stand the expressions on our faces as we gathered round the bed , so she just decided to put a brave face on it . |
| 29 | At this juncture you may just have noticed a slight differential in pace between the ‘ amateurs ’ in this democracy game , and the alleged professionals . |
| 30 | … and since this is the nature page , readers may just have noticed a Conservative Party pre-election poster featuring a giant , savings-sucking mosquito . |