Example sentences of "try [to-vb] just [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | My hand was shaking as I tried to imagine just how I would perform the robbery . |
2 | For a couple of minutes they made sickbed small talk while Maxim tried to decide just how Blagg was . |
3 | A big effort was made in the late 1980s to try to get just about everyone over 15 to read and write , using more than 20,000 volunteer teachers , 14,000 of them women . |
4 | ‘ Do n't try to talk just yet , ’ she advised him . |
5 | She had no time to dwell on the matter , however , because , ever a man with no time for prevarication , he replied , ‘ Not trying to trip you up at all , ’ then grated bluntly , ‘ More trying to discover just how many ‘ close ’ men friends you do have . ’ |
6 | She looked at him , trying to gauge just how angry he was , and the tears , despite all her efforts , spilled over . |
7 | Sophie frowned , trying to recall just how she had felt while she was gathering information from the lecturers at the veterinary congress . |