Example sentences of "think [pron] [was/were] just " in BNC.

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1 I think someone was just taking the mickey and kept setting them off .
2 I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school .
3 I think I was just on the verge of making one . ’
4 I think I was just too young . ’
5 I honestly ca n't remember how I felt at the time — I think I was just shocked .
6 She was still terribly young and anyway , I think I was just a boy to her … any boy … and she wanted to know what it felt like to be kissed . ’
7 I think I was just ,
8 I think I was just getting a film .
9 ‘ I think she was just joking , ’ he says .
10 You know , in a way I think she was just bewildered by how long the human young hang about the nest .
11 I think she was just a bit hot .
12 Erm , you could have got to the close a little bit earlier , but then it , I think you were just finding your words , that was good , well done .
13 I think you were just frightened off were n't you ?
14 Another officer said of him : ‘ I think we were just glad he was on our side .
15 Er I think there was just Elsie at home then .
16 ‘ I think there was just something rebellious going on in my head , ’ he said .
17 I think they were just going through the motions of what had worked before .
18 I think they were just taking the piss .
19 So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation
20 They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic .
21 No I think they was just made like that in those days , yes .
22 I think he was just as keen to look after us then , and his optimism , cheerfulness and absolute lack of self-pity made me , for one , feel very very small .
23 I think he was just very sea-sick .
24 We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood .
25 He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal .
26 actually caught with , I think he was just starting on that when Mike come down , er but , he got it out this magazine rack because it was at the back of there I put it , cos it 's this year 's the others I 've got upstairs in a drawer
27 Oh I think he was just surprised , I do n't think he knew , you know , I mean
28 I think it was just the final end of a long line of demands that he 'd been making .
29 Well it depends how you want to deal with it , I mean erm , this , the , the , the I think it was just my idea last year of , of sort of erm sharing some of the load I think at that point and hoping that someone could perhaps take over , erm , this just says the following should be elected , A , Chair , B , Secretary and C , Treasurer , but erm
30 I think everyone would 've come into contact with it and I think it was just up to your own individual self really whether you took it or not .
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