Example sentences of "just [verb] there [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Just pausing there for a moment , can you point out to Mr Inspector where that er building was to be developed , Mrs ? |
2 | This one just hung there like a kite on an invisible string and then fell on its prey like a stone , somewhere in another field . |
3 | It kept promising it was going to explode , and then one morning I came out of the house it was just lying there like a dinosaur hulk . ’ |
4 | Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best |
5 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
6 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
7 | Well when they 're just standing there in a vest and shorts then there is n't much else to look at is there , really ? |
8 | But , so erm , just think there for a moment , one , two , one , two , and one , and two , and , you 're going one and two and one and |
9 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |
10 | ‘ He would just sit there on a chair and laugh to himself . |
11 | ‘ He just stood there in a cloud of smoke , ’ recalls one of the people first through the door after him , ‘ while they effed and blinded at him and told him what they thought of what had been going on in the hall . |
12 | I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her . |
13 | She was so startled that she just stood there like a dummy , and then , before she quite knew how it had happened , her wet sweater had been whipped over her head , a dry towel thrust into her hand and she was halfway into the hall . |
14 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |