Example sentences of "just [vb pp] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion of ‘ translation ’ just given covers a distinction that will be important for the purposes of this paper : a program at a given level can be either interpreted or compiled into a program at a lower level of language . |
| 2 | The first was a pang of sorrowing sympathy with the bereaved and weeping parents ; but this was quickly succeeded by a thrill of holy joy that the lovely flower , which was just permitted to take a glimpse of earth , was so soon removed from all earthly contamination ! |
| 3 | He was arrested , charged with possession of cocaine and only just missed serving a jail sentence when the court ordered him to attend a drugs rehabilitation centre . |
| 4 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 5 | Sometimes you 've just got to take a chance and dive in . ’ |
| 6 | Oh yes , we definitely needed the three points today , you know , before the game we were looking to get three points erm to get one out of it we are disappointed , but as I say , the way we 've played second half , we 've just got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we did n't get beat . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just got to get a picture of this , ’ he muttered . |
| 8 | ‘ Hold on , ’ came Dad 's voice from inside the pantry , ‘ I 've just got to clear a space . ’ |
| 9 | I buy everything from him but I 've got to buy another tumble dryer erm I 've been drying clothes off in the house and the three men and all them well two of them wearing work wear jeans and the next one that comes in will be wearing jeans , it 's no go I just can not dry stuff off in the house , I 've just got to have a tumble . |
| 10 | ‘ When I wake up in the morning I 've just got to have a packet , ’ she says . |
| 11 | Excuse me a sex , I 've just got to grab a tissue , I seem to have been ‘ dancin ’ sic too hard . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just got to make a phone call . ’ |
| 13 | I 've just got to find a record here hang on . |
| 14 | And now I learn that the Foundation has just had to purchase a number of canvases from this very donor for a far from meagre amount . |
| 15 | They were watching , because a machine rolling around by itself is something that you do watch , even if you 've just had to climb a tree or hide behind a hedge . |
| 16 | The suspicions of the two shore watchers were soon aroused by the activities of the Ann Lynn , one of the local boats which had just arrived to land a party of sea anglers . |
| 17 | okay just the coffee that 's lovely she 's just gone to get a book for some homework . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’ |
| 19 | Swallow explained ‘ They had a low-key attitude to the region and had just wanted to get a foot in the door . |
| 20 | ‘ He said he was just asked to do a job — and it 's working . ’ |
| 21 | Fifty miles north , Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at . |
| 22 | I had just finished serving a glass to a gentleman when a voice behind me said : ‘ Ah , Stevens , you 're interested in fish , you say . ’ |
| 23 | I once went out to dinner and discovered that the seven other people present had all just finished reading A Dance to the Music of Time . |
| 24 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 25 | Doctors at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have only just started to keep a record , but so far they treated six people for barfly injuries . |
| 26 | Some of its humour happened to remind him of his friend Mike Nichols , who had just begun making a career directing plays on Broadway with the hit Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park and Murray Schisgal 's Luv . |
| 27 | It is clear that the formulae just established provide a method of solution for problem ( a ) since unc and the computer can reciprocate both B and unc and perform the required multiplications . |
| 28 | Julie just managed to stifle a scream . |
| 29 | It was a full passenger load ; the tourist class was full and Kevin Ryan had just managed to secure a seat in first class . |
| 30 | Dowie had two chances to increase the lead after the interval , but just failed to reach a cross from Black and then saw a low shot kept out by the legs of goalkeeper Kapilarii . |