Example sentences of "it just [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 IT JUST LAID AN EGG !
2 It just slithered over the surface , then , as its wheels became clogged , it stopped , settled down , and slowly , inch by inch , began to sink .
3 It just soured the atmosphere of the rehearsal , and left Michael Banks looking pained , like some huge animal , beaten for a transgression he does not understand .
4 and put it on it , and it just scratched the surface , and that
5 It just seemed like an interesting challenge .
6 Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him .
7 Not having to give verbal commands seemed uncanny at first , but before long it just seemed natural .
8 I actually found it hard to make myself make a divot at first — it just seemed wrong .
9 It just seemed a total waste of time to bother redecorating it — the only solution seemed to be removing the chimney , adding an extension , or both .
10 It just seemed such a stupid question that 's all .
11 I think it was probably a little too much for the people backstage to deal with , it just seemed so unreal .
12 It 's the typically cool thing , but it just seemed like a road to nowhere .
13 It just seemed weird to me that we did n't have a clue about the line-up .
14 It just seemed like a ridiculous idea but I thought it was a nice place to go and have a look around , ’ he admits .
15 It just seemed that the Ferrari superiority was such that racing must be terribly boring for all the rest of the drivers .
16 I never did , but when it came up for auction , it just seemed like it would make her smile , and the money was going to a good cause , too .
17 It just seemed to form the basis of how it was going to be .
18 It just seemed too much of a gamble , ’ he explained , and in fact the 22-year-old left-hander turned them down once before temptation overcame him .
19 Well that 's what I thought it just seemed to say they were gon na have sort of cycle ways going through the green wedges along where I cycle already .
20 It just seemed natural , ’ she recalls .
21 Between the ages of 33 and 33–½ my mind changed , I think due to mere terror , or the outrageous ageing process , or gross deliberate indulgence , or love and emotion , or noticing that all around me friends and enemies were having children and were tons happier than I ever thought possible , or all of a sweet serious sudden it just seemed the only thing to do .
22 It just seemed to fit in with the story and the early part of your visit about somebody getting killed . ’
23 It just seemed to go all wrong when we passed the big rock . ’
24 And it just seemed that that was the time to give up the tenancy .
25 No it just seemed to spring to mind .
26 But I never , it just seemed to click as a
27 Bob had never described it to her ; it just seemed right for him .
28 But it just seemed that he held all the cards , he made all the decisions .
29 Some of the cognoscenti had recognised why he was wearing the deaf-aid , but for the majority , it just seemed to be part of the character , justified by a couple of new lines .
30 It was stupid — but it just seemed like the last straw , Tom , and what can be done ?
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