Example sentences of "[modal v] just [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll just kick up a stink and then it 'll all come out anyway . |
| 2 | She 's talks about you if she does n't want to talk about it , she wo n't , she 'll just walk out the room . |
| 3 | Oh no , that 'll just shut down the gain and this |
| 4 | ‘ If I can take out a £420 loan and have ten years to pay it back , I 'll just pick up the cheque and go out and get ratted , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I 'll just pick up the phone and , how 'll I begin ? |
| 6 | I 'll just look out the window . |
| 7 | At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him . |
| 8 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 9 | ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase . |
| 10 | The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose . |
| 11 | As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible . |
| 12 | I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive . |
| 13 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 14 | In the semi-darkness , Delaney could just make out the Russian 's face . |
| 15 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 16 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |
| 17 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 18 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't see why not , ’ replied Geoffrey , moving through the gloom to a desk on which Loretta could just make out the shape of a lamp . |
| 20 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 21 | He could just make out the sand dunes now , a blond strip on the far side of the lake , a good ten miles away . |
| 22 | The dirty chipped name plate was difficult to read but he could just make out the word Nettles on it . |
| 23 | He could just make out the chicken . |
| 24 | Behind us we could just make out the glimmer of lamplight from the tiny hotel on Lake Pehoe , where we should be dining on river trout , bife chorizo and good Chilean pinot noir before the night was out . |
| 25 | He could just make out the name in spite of the peeling paint . |
| 26 | If he squinted his eyes , he could just make out the greyness of the roof between the trees and here and there the stony finger of a chimney-stack . |
| 27 | He could just make out the outline of the figure in front of him , sweeping its heavy cape to one side , then something smashed into the side of his head . |
| 28 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 29 | I could just make out the figure of a boy , running from the house on the right , who was joined by a group of people from the other . |
| 30 | A large spider 's web occupied one corner of the room near the ceiling and he could just make out the spider lurking there , quite motionless ; emulating Mr Micawber , waiting for something to turn up . |