Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] just [vb infin] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliana had mistakenly believed that large earrings and wide belts would just draw attention to her size ( being tall makes her feel big ) but , in fact , anything too small looks insipid and unnoticeable . |
| 2 | Humour is very subtle in ‘ Great Expectations ’ as more often than not Dickens will just use parts of the language wittily rather than the obvious physical humour surrounding Pumblechook . |
| 3 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 4 | But very often people will just get hold of the er blanket , they 'll screw it up okay ? |
| 5 | The steady erosion from astronomical to merely high has at least been good for morale : a further cut after the holidays might just jolly people into voting Tory if there were to be an autumn election . |
| 6 | LISTREL will supply default responses to most or all of the prompts on the pages ; if the defaults are acceptable the user can just press RETURN after viewing the page , but if changes are required to the defaults the user must TAB to each prompt to edit the response . |