Example sentences of "just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 2 | Yummy yoghurt swirl Blend strawberries in a processor until just broken up . |
| 3 | When trading in or throwing away an old " fridge " try to make sure that it is not going to be just broken up without the CFC gas being properly collected first . |
| 4 | In an instant she was aware of every detail of her appearance from the upswept Titian curls , tamed for the meeting that had just broken up in fragmented dissatisfaction among the main body of the directors , to her neat cinnamon gabardine suit and matching high court shoes . |
| 5 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 6 | YOUR computer has just broken down . |
| 7 | Mr Wheeler , now moving to the rear of the plant to show off the £2m smoke-cleaning section , which had just broken down , pointed out that his company achieved destruction of at least 99.9999 per cent of all materials . |
| 8 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 9 | THE fighting had just broken out in Panama City when a group of men dressed in civilian clothes and armed with rifles surrounded the Marriott Hotel and began rounding up guests . |
| 10 | The South African war had just broken out and I had received my embarkation orders . |
| 11 | Perhaps , like Meredith Jones , Lloyd 's natural interest and generosity were spurred on both by the obvious scarcity of opportunity for the children in that industrial beehive and by the war which had just broken out . |
| 12 | ‘ He had just given up smoking , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Clara had actually heard one constant church attender , caught out donating a small charitable sum to the Vicar , defend herself to Mrs Maugham by saying that she had n't really meant to give it , and that she never would have given it if it had n't been that her little boy had just given up Sunday school . |
| 14 | These two changes — instrumentation and electronic treatment — suggest two points immediately : that this is music created in a recording studio using quite complex equipment and recording techniques ( the Beatles had in fact just given up live performance ) ; and that it is music for listening rather than dancing . |
| 15 | It seemed he had just given up and was letting her go graciously and tenderly . |
| 16 | I 've just given up now . |
| 17 | So I would say , Have a go but leave it till last , when you when you 've done everything else and maybe you when you 've just checked through to see if the others are okay . |
| 18 | But , with everything exploding about me , I still had n't got myself back together when the message came from your hotel to say you 'd just checked in . ’ |
| 19 | I woke up after an hour or so , and just leaned out of the window looking at the half-empty Main Street . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ The delivery came very quickly and so suddenly Mrs Busuttil 's recollection is the baby just fell out onto the table or whatever it was she was lying on . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah that he we 've just completed up here and one or two others er so we 're we 're getting some big boys in now . |
| 22 | No I 've just filled up there |
| 23 | I did n't realize I had to I just filled up |
| 24 | Here we go again , I 've just filled in my pools coupon and I 've put Leeds down for a win . |
| 25 | But it seems more likely that this fear has more to do with the childhood horror of seeing the parent scream at the ‘ smothering ’ cat that has just jumped up on to a cot or bed . |
| 26 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 27 | they most likely would n't be able to give you the help as well , they 're just placed on |
| 28 | Well he should have just zoomed off ! |
| 29 | Think of the mother whose child has just fallen over and grazed his knee — what does she do ? |
| 30 | ooh she 's just fallen over |