Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [vb pp] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have become just another abortion statistic , and speaks almost bitterly of having his ‘ own downtrodden minority . |
| 2 | There was a burst of male laughter from the bar , which had suddenly filled up with men wearing MCC ties ; the day 's play at Lord 's would have ended just about twenty minutes ago . |
| 3 | Mr Justice Cooke said that if a receiver failed to terminate a receivership although he had funds that would have achieved just that , then he should be treated as if his authority had ceased . |
| 4 | Funny , never would have guessed just by listening to it … |
| 5 | ‘ Cooee , would have served just as well . |
| 6 | There are other planets that would have served just as well , I imagine , in Spinward 's schemes . |
| 7 | B has acquired ownership through a different disposition ( institution as heir ; although a legacy would have done just as well ) . |
| 8 | There was another track after ‘ Happy Hour ’ that we could have put out that probably would have done just as well , but instead we went for a ballad , ‘ Think For A Minute ’ , to make people think , ‘ Jesus , there 's more to this group than I 'd thought ’ . |
| 9 | The streetwise young black would have done just that , had he been given the chance . |
| 10 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 11 | Her barrister says she would have made just two thousand pounds … hardly enough to hire a hitman . |
| 12 | This special extra energy can be shown to have an antigravitational effect : it would have acted just like the cosmological constant that Einstein introduced into general relativity when he was trying to construct a static model of the universe . |
| 13 | Putting the cash in the building society would have yielded just over £300 . |
| 14 | Once , she would have died just to hear a kind word . |
| 15 | Lloyd 's List had earlier reported the Kharg/northwest Europe voyage as particularly profitable : a VLCC at current rates could pick up $3.7 million at W40 which would yield a 25 per cent profit , compared with W27 a month earlier which would have earned just $1.5 million . |
| 16 | He would have finished just a point short of an 18 maximum if he had not suffered engine failures in two races . |
| 17 | The others , presumably , would have known just as much as she cared to tell them . |
| 18 | I 'd of thought they would have got just as much sun and rain as everything else . |