Example sentences of "just [vb infin] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But at some times your dilemma as a manager you say think well can he just stay on and nick us a goal knowing full well that if if he has he comes off it makes them fairly lightweight . |
2 | I 'll just stay in and scrub the kitchen floor , wash your clothes and make your dinner . ’ ) |
3 | Ca n't we just stay in and play ? |
4 | Mrs Margaret Charles , living 200 yards from the crash , said : ‘ I am furious because I do not think pilots should just bale out and let the plane go on and crash into a village . |
5 | I 'll just fuck off and forget it . |
6 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ says Freddie , ‘ one 's tempted to just plunge in and put everything to rights . ’ |
7 | We can just zip round and pick your stuff up . |
8 | I would just carry on and do it . |
9 | ‘ First thing : you ca n't just haul off and smack a dog in the snout and expect him to turn tail and run away . ’ |
10 | ‘ But , Apricot , ’ protested Brenda and Belinda , ‘ you ca n't just give up and do nothing . |
11 | Why do n't you just give up and go back down to London ? |
12 | Cash is overwhelmingly in sterling erm , can I just look up and remind my erm , refresh me on that . |
13 | ‘ You know what , ’ Ari said , wiping her face , ‘ I wish I could just run away and forget all this . |
14 | Charlotte do n't just run off and get on the path |
15 | I ca n't just ring up and say hi two of my , well a friend and an acquaintance |
16 | Few people have it , but as there are comparatively few copywriter positions in London , you ca n't just waltz in and expect to make a mark . |
17 | ‘ She thinks she can just waltz in and have her photograph taken now . ’ |
18 | Would she just move away and forget ? |
19 | Now just , let's just pause there and take it in stages . |
20 | When you 're desperate , you need it , not to just draw out and spend . |
21 | I wo n't just draw out and spend . |
22 | I wish we could just phone up and say that the car 's been snatched |
23 | Well you can get I mean , according to the leaflet you can just phone up and get the council to collect . |
24 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
25 | Or does he just switch off and ignore you ? |
26 | My spouse told me to just calm down and breathe . |
27 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |
28 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
29 | Well , she might be half-English herself , but there was no way she could just stand by and watch . |
30 | We 'll just stand by and watch , we three . ’ |