Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looks a magnificent cake , but I 've just eaten . ’ |
| 2 | But I 've just explained about five times . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've always thought it unlikely , but I 've just heard from George this morning that it is impossible . |
| 4 | But I 've just realised where we might find some of the answers we 're looking for . ’ |
| 5 | But I 've just reached the door when his escorts do it for me in the corridor . |
| 6 | Er , but I 've just done the pink the odd bits and pieces to it . |
| 7 | I would n't say it was any better , I do n't know whether it is or not , but I 've just done one good thing , it 's got the bed shifted |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know whether a place as small as this keeps registered poisons but I 've just moved labs … ’ |
| 9 | Please excuse me — I 'm off for a refill ’ , ‘ I 'm enjoying our chat , but I 've just seen someone whom I need to speak to urgently . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not like overly fat or anything , I 'm the right weight for what I 'm , for my height like but I 've just got a pot belly |
| 11 | Erm but I 've just thought , you know , get this away , let him get you know , buy them , go in at say forty percent as an O E margin |
| 12 | Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I never used to read poetry at all but I 've just found out that it says all the things I 've often felt but never been able to express . |
| 14 | but I 've just took number five out and put it back in box , cos it tells you number five , number three |
| 15 | oh Barbados , but we have to seen if their teletext if they let us do , but I 've just talked to Jamaican people and they said their , their friend he got some contact wanting some order , then later on this lady says no it 's best thing to do go |
| 16 | My parents are still there , but I 've just bought a little flat in Fulham . ’ |
| 17 | But I 've just designed . |
| 18 | ‘ And Mrs Wright , I 'm very sorry but I 've just remembered I did n't lock the door . |
| 19 | He phoned his friend to tell him : ‘ Sorry , but I 've just signed . ’ |
| 20 | But I 've just finished a degree course in London . ’ |
| 21 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
| 22 | Yeah , yeah that 's right , but I mean just go and have a look , and I actually said to her well you 'd be better with somebody else , you know , not going in there on your own |
| 23 | I mean you wo n't want much but I mean just to hold it . |
| 24 | I 've got ta get a few for my girl girlfriends , but I mean just gon na get them a selection box and a chocolate sweets but er |
| 25 | But I said just go and give her a fair chance and I |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 27 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 28 | It was reasonable enough , but I 'd just signed a new contract with the company . |
| 29 | ‘ Not enough to play up my ulcer , of course , but I do just tick over . |
| 30 | But I have just explained , surely you do not need me to tell you . |