Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | In accepting Murav'ev 's proposals the regime made plain that , although it had just committed itself firmly to the emancipation of the serfs ( in the Nazimov Rescript ) , it was not yet prepared to adopt the principle of decentralization or to move towards provincial self-government . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want to come over for dinner sometime ? ’ said Jay , as if it had just occurred to her . |
| 3 | Then , when the horse is brought out of the stable , instead of just walking quietly along ( which it would if it had just come in from the paddock ) , it is jumping out of its skin , ready to spook and shy at anything , nostrils dilated , eyes bulging , and tail hoisted high . |
| 4 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 5 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 6 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 7 | In either case , a court which revokes the order following a breach will be empowered to sentence the offender as if it had just convicted him of the original offence . |
| 8 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 9 | Islington could have saved its council and charge payers a great deal of money if it had just asked the advice of a local geography teacher and been told that it is better to go to France to learn French . |
| 10 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
| 11 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 12 | At once I can see Annexe B , Summerchild 's list of possible members of the Unit , as clearly as if it had just come out of the porridge oats box . |
| 13 | The Z88 's line editor may then be used to edit the line as if it had just been typed in . |
| 14 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 15 | his driveway that he put up and er he just about misses where the tree was , but he 's chopped all the tree down so he can have his grass , I du n no , well even if it meant just supporting the piece of something above his car so he do n't get any sap on it or ought |
| 16 | Actually , if it happened just once I would n't go to anyone . ’ |
| 17 | cos it looked just like er well on a Christmas card , you know , with the straw down |
| 18 | When jury selection commenced on Sept. 5 , the defence vainly made a last-minute effort to get the trial dismissed , alleging government breach of ethics because it had just learned that Noriega 's former lawyer , Raymond Takiff , who had advised him to surrender to US authorities in January 1990 , was at the time working secretly for federal authorities . |
| 19 | The third major pileup on this motorway section since it opened just over a year ago . |
| 20 | That was what happened in 1984 when Renault 's Formula 1 programme fell into disarray the season after it had just been pipped at the final post by the Brabham-BMW team . |
| 21 | THREE and a half thousand people applied to Staffordshire Fire Service after it advertised just 24 vacancies . |
| 22 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
| 23 | The specimen shown has both its original valves preserved , and looks today much as it did when it had just died . |
| 24 | 5 years to the day , the Rogers family were in the television room of the Herald of Free Enterprise , when it capsized just outside Zeebrugge . |
| 25 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 26 | ‘ Come early and leave early , ’ coaxed Meredith , and as though it had just occurred to him wondered aloud whether it would be a good idea to include young Harbour . |
| 27 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 28 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
| 29 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 30 | Our next port of call would be Constantinople — or , as it had just been renamed , Istanbul . |