Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lived in just four rooms including the bathroom and kitchen , which left six rooms disused and very run down . |
| 2 | She stopped short just inside the kitchen door , startled and alarmed to see such a change in Elizabeth . |
| 3 | When Flora Tristan , the French feminist and socialist , visited London in 1839 she noted not just the extent of prostitution but the complex ritualization of male debauchery . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps it was a sign that she 'd only just realized she 'd done something wrong with her life . ’ |
| 5 | He 'd spoken so quietly , his face against the top of her head , that she 'd only just heard his words . |
| 6 | How ridiculous to feel such a sense of possession , of oneness with a man she 'd only just met . |
| 7 | And she 'd only just gone to the end of the road to phone Ken was working away . |
| 8 | And she 'd only just got up ? |
| 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 | Sometimes she came home just as I was due to leave , or vice versa . |
| 11 | She had the same colour hair , all yellow and curly , and she walked in just the same way , sort of little bouncing steps . |
| 12 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 13 | She bit softly just below his hip and watched him stir . |
| 14 | Even when the training boat was launched , simple logistics meant she went on just four five-day training courses . |
| 15 | That 's when she started work on the biography — which she completed in just 4 weeks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She did n't just pin them up on her walls , these women , she studied them . |
| 20 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's what I keep asking myself — because she did n't just leave . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 24 | ‘ How do you know she did n't just let him die , knowing he belonged to me ? ’ |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | erm I think she did actually just put it up . |
| 27 | And if she leaned sideways just a fraction her shoulder would touch his . |
| 28 | She had probably just been getting dressed when he knocked . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |