Example sentences of "just [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was glad then that he did not know the subject of the talk I had just given at the conference — the possibility that space-time was finite but had no boundary , which means that it had no beginning , no moment of Creation . |
| 2 | The pupils decided that they were the same in that context and were satisfied that there were only three different shapes if they did not allow fences in the middle or squares just touching at the corners . |
| 3 | There she was , sitting forlornly in a corner and , unlike all the other dogs , making no noise , just gazing at the floor in a philosophical way . |
| 4 | He had nodded , open-mouthed , and would have liked to have stayed longer , just gazing at the beauties , but Molly had hurried him away . |
| 5 | First they happen in June that 's that 's a good starter for one , and they 're really not that big a problem and I guess people in London would just laugh at the prospect of the noise which which May Balls cause and not worry about it in one way and would not have telephone calls to the local council and lots of stories in my newspaper every year . |
| 6 | Liz just winked at the girl . |
| 7 | If they had just looked at the laws governing slavery , as had done both their contemporaries and more recent social scientists , they would have been unable to distinguish between slavery as a minor and rare form of exploitation , on the one hand , supplying occasional domestic and sexual luxuries , and slavery as the basis of whole economies , on the other hand , where most of production is carried out by slave labour . |
| 8 | Oh , but I forgot , Buddy is a ‘ genuine fan ’ ( ha , ha ) who probably just stands at the back , looking at everybody else wondering whom he can slag . |
| 9 | Oh , but I forgot , Buddy is a ‘ genuine fan ’ ( ha , ha ) who probably just stands at the back , looking at everybody else wondering whom he can slag . |
| 10 | Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up . |
| 11 | An analogue watch user will just glance at the timepiece and say , ‘ … it 's about a quarter to five ’ . |
| 12 | Where just walking at the moment at cottage hospital now . |
| 13 | If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant . |
| 14 | Cos if you have it deep , that deep all over the fish will just swim at the bottom you 'll never see them |
| 15 | I ca n't understand what he 's saying , but he 's just shouting at the lights and everything , like he 's real angry about summat . |
| 16 | Your arm is not broken , just dislocated at the elbow . |
| 17 | ‘ For those children who get caught up in totally anti-social behaviour there is no point in just looking at the friendships . |
| 18 | No , but you 're just looking at the pen . |
| 19 | Just looking at the gardens , sun terraces and hills gave me an appetite ! — Still that 's no problem at Tropicana … with a buffet style service you can help yourself to as much as you like . |
| 20 | And we 're just looking at the route to In the previous er conditions of service we merely mentioned the time for which you were n't entitled to sick pay and the time after which you were entitled to full sick pay which we defined , we did n't define the route . |
| 21 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 22 | I 'm just looking at the selection of flowers . |
| 23 | Just looking at the kind of programmes you 're getting on television now , erm Sunday evening there 's programme about emotions , ‘ Okay Two ’ is n't it called ? |
| 24 | On the other hand — again , just looking at the economics — while you are working , you will not be spending money on entertainment . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm just looking at the report of the officer who called on Delia Forbes . |
| 26 | Er , it is important too , to stress that the Agency is acting as a bridge between the purchasing er , authority , the Social Services Department , and the er , independent sector , and that er , it 's also important that er , too , that er , in many cases , er , the provider 's income er , will , will not just come from Social Services , but it may be that people are purchasing their own care , if , if they 're not eligible for public , public 's er , help through , through funding , and therefore the scheme is much wider than just looking at the purchasing intentions of the , the Social Services Department . |
| 27 | ‘ I was just looking at the scenery . ’ |
| 28 | Thank you , that was lovely , lovely , lovely , erm it 's Mr , erm , and I suppose we ought to , no , ju ju just can you just pause a mo on it please because I 'm just looking at the possibilities , there are two names that John has found us instrumentations . |
| 29 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 30 | ‘ I was just looking at the place . |