Example sentences of "just [prep] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , there are a hundred ninety two houses in this particular estate erm , which makes a total of eight hundred and forty pound just for sending a bill ! |
| 2 | COUNCIL worker Derek Bastard earns £37,000 a year … just for keeping a city 's street lights going . |
| 3 | ‘ I think you should get an Oscar just for making a film , ’ he grumbles . |
| 4 | And there were oak trees stood up there ; and it snapped three of 'em off just like snapping a match . |
| 5 | Even if you can not reach any gardens or nurseries to see roses in action and have to rely on catalogues and lists , there is a great deal of enjoyment to be derived from weighing up the pros and cons and in the anticipation of the pleasures to come , just like choosing a holiday from the glossy brochures . |
| 6 | Writing on a touch sensitive computer screen with a ‘ stylus ’ just like using a pen and paper has been possible for quite some time now . |
| 7 | ‘ Hepzibah said it was just like putting a light out at the end of a day . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Just like landing a salmon . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ HE COULD play the guitar just like a-ringing a bell . ’ |
| 10 | It is just like having a child 's kite on the end of your line in a strong wind . |
| 11 | Then it 's just like driving a car . |
| 12 | Probably the clue to the most plausible explanation — and the one put forward by the man most likely to know , his jockey Dick Francis — lies in the fact that just before he slid to the ground Devon Loch pricked his ears , in the way that a horse might do just before jumping a fence — or on suddenly hearing an unfamiliar noise . |
| 13 | It is a good idea not to eat a heavy meal just before having a lesson . |
| 14 | Just by taking a test drive in any model from the award-winning Citroën BX range at your local Citroën dealer you can book yourself and your partner into one of over 300 superb hotels in England and France ( including the Riverside Country House Hotel in Ashford-in-the-Water , as featured ) for a 3-day break courtesy of Citroën . |
| 15 | Erm , I do n't , I do n't know what er people are er afraid of , or frightened of really , j just by sending a couple of delegates from the trades councils that would er voice the concerns of the rank and file , it 's not going to er set any dangerous precedents , and let's , let's not forget that those people would be from recognized trades unions as well . |
| 16 | No one supposes that international relations can be fully understood just by assembling a patchwork of what the actors say was in their minds . |
| 17 | He is the one with the knowledge and power to bring in the right instruments at the right time , of ten just by raising a hand to reach for his telephone . |
| 18 | Ask around among advertising writers and you will find they have got in through a dozen different doors : journalism , the entertainment business , being secretaries , or just by having a go . |
| 19 | All my life I have seen that type of person , handsome and self-assured , who knew he could have me just by crooking a finger and beckoning me to follow . |