Example sentences of "but just [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just before she saw it she heard something — to her , rather ominous — the rumble of a bus . |
| 2 | In the event , he was accepted at Birmingham University , but just before he arrived he was informed that the geography department had been closed down because of austerity measures brought in during World War N. He therefore decided to read geology instead , but shortly afterwards he received notification that this department was also to be closed . |
| 3 | But just when he thought he would have to drop the paper and the knife in the dustbin and abandon the joke , he spotted the pond . |
| 4 | But just when you think you know what they mean , they stop meaning anything at all — workflow systems and groupware have arrived |
| 5 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 6 | But just as we thought it was going to flatten us , if somehow back-pedalled , slowed , cut its jets , rippled its fringes and turned pink . |
| 7 | Feelings of shame and anger boiled up inside me , but just as I felt I could not bear it any longer , Helen Burns walked past me and lifted her eyes to mine . |
| 8 | Not in any special order but just as I remember them . |
| 9 | I bought the sandwich and carefully peeled away the Cellophane , but just as I lifted it to my mouth the train lurched violently over a siding , making the bottles clatter in the drinks trolley and causing all the meatballs to jump off the bun , like sailors abandoning a burning ship . |
| 10 | On the one hand there 's Little Liz , and on the other there 's Lovebite ; but just as I think I 've made a decision , the image of Lord Lane comes into my mind and I get all confused again . |