Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] just [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But I do n't understand why she has n't just earned the money and gone off somewhere .
2 ‘ Down To Earth ’ will prove that she has not only mastered here medium , but that she has only just begun .
3 The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police .
4 She says please just get on with it and repair the bridge as soon as possible .
5 How ridiculous to feel such a sense of possession , of oneness with a man she 'd only just met .
6 And she 'd only just gone to the end of the road to phone Ken was working away .
7 ‘ Perhaps it was a sign that she 'd only just realized she 'd done something wrong with her life . ’
8 He 'd spoken so quietly , his face against the top of her head , that she 'd only just heard his words .
9 I ca n't remember who it was now , but they said have you been , have you seen this , have you done that , which she said no she has n't , I think she 'd only just arrived some , some time last week did n't she ?
10 And she 'd only just got up ?
11 They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination .
12 Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love …
13 In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder !
14 She did n't just switch off the television during love scenes in a film , for instance , but even if a scantily clad woman was shown on a beach or something .
15 Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost .
16 She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society .
17 She did n't just pin them up on her walls , these women , she studied them .
18 ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave .
19 I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me !
20 ‘ How do you know she did n't just let him die , knowing he belonged to me ? ’
21 erm I think she did actually just put it up .
22 Her tone was a little agitated for she had also just seen Faustina mount the refreshment table and pick her way delicately among the dishes of the cakes and savouries , sniffing the air , ready to pause and pounce when she came upon something that took her fancy .
23 She had no doubt her entry had been heard , that the soft sound she had only just noticed was of someone ducking out of sight .
24 She had only just seen that Beuno had come and was sitting in the garden amongst the wild Welsh poppies and the camomile daisies and the pheasant feathers .
25 She must be dreaming , but surely she had only just gone to sleep .
26 Hilda felt he was a stranger , someone she had only just met , a feeling she sometimes had when he met up with friends he 'd known before they got married .
27 She appeared taken aback , as if she had only just realised that the pair of them were not alone .
28 Then she cried for Adam , cried because she was suddenly frightened he was dead , cried for the loss of something she had only just found .
29 He did not think there would be any point in Sara travelling to Wellingham that evening , especially as she had only just got back from abroad .
30 She had only just arrived , after all .
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