Example sentences of "was just [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just mentioning it to you in case you wanted |
| 2 | And for the next three or four months , I was just getting it of a weekend . |
| 3 | I was just congratulating myself on negotiating the first and second holes fairly well when disaster struck at the 142-yard par-three third . |
| 4 | She was just cursing herself for not having had the courage to go straight over to him in the first place when he appeared again , a little further down . |
| 5 | Quietly sipping champagne in a corner of the large marquee , Laura was just chiding herself for having over-reacted in such a feeble , juvenile way towards a man who could n't possibly be interested in her , when she looked up — and suddenly found Ross standing in front of her ! |
| 6 | I watched Paul play his second and I 'm sure he was just like us on the 9th , in between clubs . |
| 7 | He was not at all impressed by her explanation that it was just to eliminate him from their inquiries . |
| 8 | He told me this foolish theory many times , but really he was just telling it to himself : the less of a woman be made me out to be , the less of a lover he would need to be . |
| 9 | ‘ I was just telling you about this girl and what her mother said on the night before she got married to the sailor . ’ |
| 10 | When we were reading it I found that I was just reading it as a book and the and that all the coming about you forget who 's in , who 's there and who 's not there . |
| 11 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 12 | ‘ Charles was just asking me about Marius . ’ |
| 13 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 14 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 15 | Months later he was to admit : ‘ Do n't you realize , Jim , I was just egging you on all the time ? |
| 16 | And I suppose all that Oxfam reject rubbish was just to throw me off the scent ? ’ |
| 17 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 18 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 19 | He was just wrapping himself in a garish Hong Kong dressing-gown when the door burst open and a hulking first lieutenant in combat dress , his helmet stuffed with leaves and his face already smeared with camouflage cream , stood staring at him . |