Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] [vb past] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that she had n't tried to form relationships , but somehow they had just never amounted to anything significant . |
| 2 | But yesterday he showed just how much his party needs him now . |
| 3 | I 'm sure he wanted to join in the fun but maybe he did just want to make sure they all got down safely . |
| 4 | But then we 'd just eaten Mars Bars with everything else . |
| 5 | But then he applied just last summer for the Metropolitan . |
| 6 | I almost ignored his last words because I was still thinking about Billingsley 's dishonesty , but then I realised just what McIllvanney had said and I frowned . |
| 7 | Presumably he intended it to fire up his own team , but predictably it did just that to the opposition . |