Example sentences of "just [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very hard for the Brownies to stay still and quiet on the ground , just gazing up into space , especially when every now and again the circling plane came between them and the sun and cast a strange , dark shadow over them . |
| 2 | ‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . |
| 3 | Willie just cries out for ridicule , do n't you think ? |
| 4 | Bournemouth , losing the tie having been just points away from victory . |
| 5 | The more , er er sophisticated erm wholesale er distributors now know that people just pick up from stock a box do n't they ? |
| 6 | But he said : ‘ We are a clear second in the table — and not just hanging on by goal difference . |
| 7 | So zinc sulphate gets formed the zil the zinc just goes in in place of that H two . |
| 8 | ‘ And you just got up in front of Henry and those pipsqueaks in your department and said , ‘ Sorry and all that , old chaps , but I 've been wrong all my life and led you into error and wickedness ’ ? ’ |
| 9 | He just got on with expansion . ’ |
| 10 | It just got out of hand . ’ |
| 11 | Albion are moving house in the close season : we just got there in time . |
| 12 | If you enter the turn at full speed the board will just bounce out of control as you lean back . |
| 13 | Just picked up from teletext … |
| 14 | However , the increase in SSA enrolments was 24 per cent , only just keeping up with population growth , whereas in the final matriculation year ( Standard Ten ) , the increase was 327 per cent . |
| 15 | In fact she was just checking up on room service , wondering if it was too late to order a plain omelette and salad in her room . |
| 16 | He had just sat down in front of the television , beer in one hand , chicken leg in the other , feet on the coffee table , and Sportsnight just started . |
| 17 | Just to come back to Councillor point . |
| 18 | When he brought her back he just drew up in front of the villa , jumped out , opened door , kissed hand , ‘ Bon soir , Madame , ’ and he was off . |
| 19 | Did you just fall out of love , or what ? ’ |
| 20 | When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’ |
| 21 | Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through . |
| 22 | Lee had just come back from shopping . |
| 23 | He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’ |
| 24 | A quick reminder , many people will know , but a quick reminder and er , if you 've perhaps just come back from holiday yourself , or you 're one of our new listeners , you may not know so I 'll tell you , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call , this very programme , will be breaking new ground at the end of next month . |
| 25 | Ruth Atucehene , an immigrant from Ghana , said : ‘ I had just come home from church and I was in the house with my children . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes , you 've just come home from work and your feet are sore and your head aches , but then the music starts playing and away you go . |
| 27 | While the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum , he helped in creating the new displays for the Museum 's collection of classical antiquities that had just come out of wartime storage . |
| 28 | No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out . |
| 29 | One 's just come out of prison . |
| 30 | One has just come out of prison after doing two years for bodily harm . |