Example sentences of "but he just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Daddy would have loved to have come as I said , but he just ca n't get any time off at all at the moment . |
| 2 | But he just stood still and gazed at some withered autumn flowers . |
| 3 | The best man said he was n't used to speeches , he nearly had n't arrived at all himself , but he just wanted to thank Father here for all he had done and the people of the bride here for this feast and all the trouble they had gone to , and then he proposed the toast . |
| 4 | I ask him if he 'll tell me the story again , but he just looks over at me and shakes his head . |
| 5 | I could have won a couple of the frames but he just played too well for me . |
| 6 | I think Japan was taken by surprise — they did n't expect a tour at the time — but he just decided to do it . |
| 7 | Eleanor had discussed this reaction with Nigel , hoping that he 'd volunteer to do all the phoning in future , but he just assured her that his marriage was an open one . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been refusing that man a cheque book for months but he just went inside and someone from senior management , who has n't been behind a counter for years , just hands one over without a thought . ’ |
| 9 | He was so unlucky with the weather and I thought it would dishearten him , but he just kept going . |
| 10 | I remonstrated with him but he just laughed in my face . ’ |
| 11 | I have offered the fish some of his favourite food ( trout ) but he just ‘ feels ’ it and then turns round and ignores it . |
| 12 | I tried to explain to Drew , but he just sent me off . ’ |
| 13 | Driver Palmer is , of course , totally right , but he just seems blank when I ask him to answer my ultimate query abut America and rock . |
| 14 | ‘ I might scream a bit but he just shrugs and says , ‘ It does n't matter ’ no matter what it is . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But he just kind of strolled into the office and said ‘ Well … |
| 16 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | Dad thanked the man several times but he just grunted and left . |
| 18 | ‘ I tried once , but he just clammed up completely . |
| 19 | The child was emphatic , ‘ but he just went away , we looked for him but could n't find him ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I tried to grab his leg but he just carried on , ’ he said . |
| 21 | But he just shrugged . |
| 22 | So you sit down with The Hook and ask him about what it was like in the '60s in London , when he was lionised by Van Morrison , The Animals , Peter Green and all the gut-bucket R&B bands , but he just laughs and says it was fun . |
| 23 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 24 | I tried to stop him , but he just knocked me down . |
| 25 | But he just did n't know what to do . |
| 26 | I 've tried talking — but he just wo n't open up . |
| 27 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 28 | I ca n't reproduce the way he talks — you 'll have to listen to him for yourself — but he just sort of zooms off . |
| 29 | I offered my thanks to Oliver , and even suggested some debt restructuring by way of gratitude , but he just shrugged it off . |
| 30 | But he just stood there , trying to say something . |