Example sentences of "just [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't going to court to get the order reduced , just stopped for a while until I get a job . |
| 2 | ‘ Just stopped for a look at the map , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 3 | Right , well let's just think for a minute exactly what you just said , can you repeat to me roughly what you 've just said ? |
| 4 | She just goes for a walk . |
| 5 | The four of us ( Kev , Mark H , Kirsty , and me ) wanted to go , but copped out after we got soaked just queueing for a burger outside the ground . |
| 6 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 7 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 8 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 9 | My patience snapped and I said : ‘ Do shut up and just listen for a moment . ’ |
| 10 | DARLINGTON Harrier Ruth Williams was just pipped for a hat-trick of victories in the Mandale Harriers Cyril Elliott Memorial meeting at Middlesbrough on Saturday . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
| 12 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 13 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 14 | Just relax for a while . ’ |
| 15 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 16 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 17 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
| 18 | I was just looking for a reference |
| 19 | ‘ But then right at that time Mick Fleetwood came into the studio , just looking for a studio to use , and happened to hear a song from the Buckingham Nicks album , which was just being used to showcase the room . |
| 20 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 21 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 22 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 23 | Just looking for a solution to the problem that 's all ! |
| 24 | You 're not just looking for a brother . |
| 25 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 26 | Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door , just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately . |
| 27 | If we just pause for a moment and look at the A C C digest that the papers see . |
| 28 | A broad , flat dish of papery petals just pleading for a visit from passing insects . |
| 29 | She 's convinced he 's just waiting for a sign to pop over and propose ! ’ |
| 30 | I 'm just waiting for a man to knock my door and say well , you know , cos you can fined a lot do n't you ? |