Example sentences of "he just [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually he just takes the line of least resistance . |
| 2 | To the horror of the watching children he just sliced the pudding in half — gave one piece to his son and quickly devoured the rest . |
| 3 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Do you think I should pipeclay my alligator shoes ? ’ but he just led the way into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 5 | He just feels the desperation of hunger that is not being dealt with . |
| 6 | Maybe he just likes the pattern on the flag . |
| 7 | And in the end he just banged the top of the bleeding cooker up and . |
| 8 | He just touched the surface with the wheels to test it . |
| 9 | I imagine he just saw the writing on the wall and did n't like their spelling . ’ |
| 10 | And he just stuck the needle in his arm , and he said , ‘ Well , I think the baby 's a mongol ’ , and he showed me the door and that was it . |
| 11 | Nigger asked him what he meant , but Terry would n't be drawn , he just tapped the side of his nose and winked . |
| 12 | He just swung the barrel of that Spencer up clean and quick and before you had a chance to believe it was happening the barrel shattered the glass right against Lamarr Dean 's mouth . |
| 13 | 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 ] . |
| 14 | He did n't look up when I entered the bedroom , he just put a paw on the end of the sirloin steak he was chewing to make sure I did n't grab it . |
| 15 | He just made a crack about Maurice needing to sleep quiet in his bed . |
| 16 | ‘ In that case I think he just made a pass at your wife . ’ |
| 17 | No , he was n't that bad but he , he just tried a bit like |
| 18 | I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) . |
| 19 | He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now . |
| 20 | For in 1918 he just missed a scholarship to Winchester College ; and in those days the scholarship at Winchester was regarded as the crown for the cleverest boys in England . |
| 21 | He just missed the bull for a fantastic 10 dart shoot-out . |
| 22 | Anyway , he just liked the sound of it , and had n't he heard it for most of his life — until now . |
| 23 | So why could n't he just have a photograph of his sales team portraying the kind of team spirit that runs throughout the branch ? |
| 24 | ‘ Glastonbury 's nice , but he just has no sort of grip on what 's going on . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Talking of smokescreens , Victor — ‘ ' But he just blows a mouthful at me and jabs the end of his cigar into the fug . |
| 26 | He just loved the idea of being a dentist . |
| 27 | As he had walked through the doorway , he just caught a glimpse of Mary snatching Billy 's hand off her right breast . |
| 28 | ‘ He just makes a mockery of those who write players off at 32 or say the Premier League is for young athletes . |
| 29 | As she was still smiling , he just tied a knot in it ! |
| 30 | There 's John next door , he di , he just started a couple of weeks ago . |