Example sentences of "[conj] just [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 2 | Later , both sloppy drunk , he climbed on and gave it to her and just before he came she put a finger up his asshole and it was the strangest sensation he 's ever had . |
| 3 | ‘ And just when we needed it . |
| 4 | And just when he thought he 'd cracked it … ’ |
| 5 | You had to stand and have the clothes made on you , and just when I thought they looked wonderful , she 'd go RIP ! and snatch a whole sleeve off . |
| 6 | And just when you thought it was safe to ignore Prisoner Cell Block H , Neighbours , Home And Away , Kylie , Jason , Dame Edna and Clive James — along comes another Australian export . |
| 7 | And just when you thought it was safe to go out for the evening , let me remind you that Scotsport Extra Time is back after a week off . |
| 8 | And just when you think it is coming right they cry ‘ No John , not like that ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And just when you think you have caught up with them they 've moved on to something else . ’ |
| 10 | She struggled to start the van and just when she thought she had flooded the engine it spluttered into life and she eased out into the road . |
| 11 | Yep , it 's the future Jim , and just as we remembered it . |
| 12 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 13 | But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’ |
| 14 | But just before she saw it she heard something — to her , rather ominous — the rumble of a bus . |
| 15 | In the event , he was accepted at Birmingham University , but just before he arrived he was informed that the geography department had been closed down because of austerity measures brought in during World War N. He therefore decided to read geology instead , but shortly afterwards he received notification that this department was also to be closed . |
| 16 | But just when he thought he would have to drop the paper and the knife in the dustbin and abandon the joke , he spotted the pond . |
| 17 | But just when you think you know what they mean , they stop meaning anything at all — workflow systems and groupware have arrived |
| 18 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 19 | But just as we thought it was going to flatten us , if somehow back-pedalled , slowed , cut its jets , rippled its fringes and turned pink . |
| 20 | Feelings of shame and anger boiled up inside me , but just as I felt I could not bear it any longer , Helen Burns walked past me and lifted her eyes to mine . |
| 21 | Not in any special order but just as I remember them . |
| 22 | I bought the sandwich and carefully peeled away the Cellophane , but just as I lifted it to my mouth the train lurched violently over a siding , making the bottles clatter in the drinks trolley and causing all the meatballs to jump off the bun , like sailors abandoning a burning ship . |
| 23 | On the one hand there 's Little Liz , and on the other there 's Lovebite ; but just as I think I 've made a decision , the image of Lord Lane comes into my mind and I get all confused again . |