Example sentences of "just [vb past] i [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He came legging up behind and just asked me out . |
| 2 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
| 3 | He just wiped me out . ’ |
| 4 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 5 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 6 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 7 | ‘ He just dropped me off , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ All that intense passion , the long hours in bed when you made love to me over and over , but never said anything — it just turned me off . |
| 9 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 10 | ‘ It just shook me up . |
| 11 | I tried to stop him , but he just knocked me down . |
| 12 | He just chatted me up . |
| 13 | He just waved me through . |
| 14 | She just took me in , and I ca n't explain it . ’ |
| 15 | It just took me back , that 's all . |
| 16 | I tried to explain to Drew , but he just sent me off . ’ |
| 17 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 18 | For myself , I just saw me out there in the gathering dark — and cringed . |
| 19 | and just brought me back again , which is fine . |
| 20 | Just hoisted me up , with the strength of her arm alone . |
| 21 | It just swept me up . |
| 22 | What if , like my poor neighbour , I was to be so riddled with cancer , that after cutting me open , they just sewed me up and sent me home ? |