Example sentences of "just [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the worst figures were in ophthalmology where patients had to wait between 48 and 71 weeks just to see a consultant for a diagnosis . |
| 2 | I 'm glad I told you now … it 's worth it just to see the look on your face . ’ |
| 3 | The bruised genitals were almost worth it just to see the look on his enemy 's face . |
| 4 | It 's worth having one just to see the expression on your enemy 's face as the Giant jumps up and down on his cherished troops . |
| 5 | And just to see the war on her , people constantly questioning her ability … ‘ |
| 6 | The talks between Electronic Data Systems Corp and British Telecommunications Plc about a possible alliance have cooled , the Wall Street Journal believes : rather surprisingly , the paper says that British Telecom had been considering buying 25% of General Motors Corp 's Class E shares , which simply pay dividends tied to the computer services subsidiary 's performance ; it had been assumed that British Telecom would not be interested in holding a significant minority interest in an automaker just to cement an alliance with one of its subsidiaries . |
| 7 | I have found that as much as £2.50 needs to be spent just to obtain the outlook for the next day . |
| 8 | He leaned out , perilously askew , just to catch a sight of Edward 's white face at the bottom of the ladder . |
| 9 | Six shots just to frighten the crew of The Sandhopper ? |
| 10 | And once she 'd had the her arms in the dough , I had to stand by her side just to feed a drop of water gently . |
| 11 | And yet above that and beyond that what you were seeking to do was not just to serve the Board of World Mission and Unity , it was to serve what you believed was the good and right for the church of god which you have sought to serve and to support and to take further . |
| 12 | Right , er Liz would you do an just to receive the information on India and look through . |
| 13 | Just to hear the sound of his own deep voice booming out across the water made the long , lonely day seem worthwhile . |
| 14 | But predominating over the entire emotional range was a pervasive charge of mercantile curiosity as to how much the whole thing had cost and how many bottles of the stuff they would have to sell just to recoup the cost of the launch . |
| 15 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 16 | Just to give a flavour of the more joyful side : as a result of so many of us being out and being there , many other women workers , and many young women have come to feel that the time was right for them too , that they too have lesbian potential . |
| 17 | It is bad to lapse into the jargon without conveying its meaning and its connotations , because that is lazy ; and unforgivable to use it just to give the impression of being in with the chaps . |
| 18 | The aim of marking is , of course , not just to assign a number to a piece of work but to give constructive feedback so that the students ' work steadily improves . |
| 19 | And if we can just er just go back just for for one minute , just to draw a bit of before you were captured , er and whatnot , could you tell us just a little bit about the living conditions that you had when you were actually at the front . |
| 20 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 21 | And just to put the icing on the cake he has named it Black Forest Chateau . |
| 22 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 23 | It is very rarely sufficient just to put the product on the table and expect the photographer to get on with photographing it . |
| 24 | All Greek states needed olive oil , not just to do the work of modern soap and artificial light , but as the equivalent of fat in the cooking and preparation of food ( butter was for barbarians ) . |
| 25 | Whilst operating systems as distinct as Unix SVR4 and DEC 's OpenVMS embrace the Posix standard , each has thousands of other calls beyond the specific Posix requirement , says Price , which means that it is not sufficient just to port an application to Posix and assume that it will then run on any Posix-compliant system , because it wo n't . |
| 26 | Their mission was less ambitious than the day before : just to clear the air over the battlefield . |
| 27 | A man who became a shareholder of an insurance company just to pursue a claim of negligence has been lobbying the company 's annual meeting . |
| 28 | The woman represented on the pages of Penthouse is depicted , as I have said , as a subject who desires to be object : she appears to want just to satisfy the desire of the man who gazes at her as he masturbates . |
| 29 | ‘ Just to satisfy the curiosity of your brother 's mistress ? |
| 30 | Well , he 's just to keep a record of it right . |