Example sentences of "just [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just travelled on a train that has had its inside scraped and engraved with the upside-down , sideways , capitals language of fanatics of the football game . |
| 2 | December 8 , 1924 : I am at the moment just recovering from a heavy bout of drinking . |
| 3 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
| 4 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |
| 5 | We did n't have much to do , just sit at a table or something , and when it 's over I go outside and sit in the car , and Peckinpah comes out and gives me this look . |
| 6 | The small-ad columns of Scam magazine are full of remote-control hookers who just sit by a telephone all day for money , like Ossie Twain . |
| 7 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
| 8 | Daphne Du Maurier in her The Rebecca Notebook says she will , when in France , just sit in a cafe and let the conversation or the attitudes of the people at nearby tables gradually impinge . |
| 9 | ‘ Just sit in a corner and appear thoughtful . |
| 10 | You 're not well enough , you just sit in a chair there 's some cake in the tin if he wants a bit of cake ! |
| 11 | ‘ Alex , ’ said the producer , ‘ could you just stay for a quick word ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They had to move them in a hurry when my people started going through the district and it was just intended as a temporary hiding-place . |
| 13 | I I do n't want to run out there just to sit in a house |
| 14 | In deck shoes , casual close-fitting denim Bermudas , and black polo-shirt , his hair tousled as if he 'd just jumped off a boat , he looked very large and male and intimidating . |
| 15 | Well , she just asked about a bed , so I told her that we were |
| 16 | Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that |
| 17 | Questions should be formulated with a definite purpose and not just asked as a matter of course . |
| 18 | As for Harriet who supports the family and stays , she does n't like rough kids , she just plays in a rough ballgame . |
| 19 | Well you know er , as I said , I think really an awful lot of it is in your own perception of , I mean what someone here might call emotional abuse , I would just regard as a challenge . |
| 20 | Others I 'd just throw on a cotton frock and a pair of sandals to go out shopping . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ? |
| 22 | Just communicate in a humble way that you are genuinely prepared to help . |
| 23 | I 've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly . |
| 24 | It was true , it had the feel of truth : the woman had n't just fallen over a cliff . |
| 25 | Even when she had just fallen from a catwalk , Dana had a vivacity Claudia could n't match . |
| 26 | ‘ We just flies in a room , ’ he liked to say , moving quickly across the ruins of daily life , plane crashes , train wrecks , matricide , infanticide ; then , after swatting half of humanity , he 'd lower his voice and whisper , as if imparting a secret , ‘ We just flies , that 's all . |
| 27 | there 's nothing wonderful about the cotton , but the cushions look absolutely superb because there were just thin lines of the , you can tell it was when you looked at it quite cheap ribbon but just arranged in a beautiful square and then a little bit of lace . |
| 28 | I feel I 'm just regarded as a neurotic woman I 've been told that by Mr I 've found that is was very yes I have do n't deny it . |
| 29 | ‘ Just stopped for a look at the map , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 30 | I was n't going to court to get the order reduced , just stopped for a while until I get a job . |