Example sentences of "just [vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The test of whether there are unobservable electrons can not be the test just given for the presence of dragons . |
2 | I was n't going to court to get the order reduced , just stopped for a while until I get a job . |
3 | ‘ Just stopped for a look at the map , ’ Ivy told him . |
4 | ‘ I 've just come for the skirt your mum 's fixed for me , ’ she said . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Sorry to disappoint you , but I 'm afraid you were just pipped for the star prize . |
7 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
8 | Dr Neil , who had just called for the bill , pulled out his watch , and said cheerfully , ‘ Oh , we have already missed it , McAllister . |
9 | GARY Huntingdon , the Lib-Dem 's man in Sedgefield , had just arrived for a spot of canvassing in Chilton when he spotted four attractive women and two young children walking down the street . |
10 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |
11 | He 's just gone for a sail . ’ |
12 | The waif-like screen star , who in recent years has devoted her energies to helping the world 's starving children , has just pleaded for a week of peace in Bosnia to enable food to get through to the children there . |
13 | ‘ I feel I 've just auditioned for the part of a human being and I did n't get the job . ’ |
14 | He had just paid for the whisky when the door blew open , and a huge Irishman staggered into the establishment . |
15 | As I arrived , I met Anouska Hempel 's husband , the brilliant financier Sir Mark Weinberg , and later I had the pleasure of having their beautifully mannered nine-year-old son Jonathan , who had just returned for the summer holidays from Ludgrove , sitting next to me . |