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 ? |