Example sentences of "[pron] was just [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember being invited by him to Crystal Palace and I was just leaving the house , with my bag lovingly packed by my Mum , when the telephone rang . |
| 2 | I was just wanted the numbers |
| 3 | I was just remarking the other day , I think I brought one of the first Land Rovers to the borders from Edinburgh . |
| 4 | ‘ I was just pushing the ball , my passing shots were not going too well . |
| 5 | ‘ I was just passing the door , orficer . |
| 6 | ‘ Not really , I was just enjoying the view . |
| 7 | That 's it , I said I was just telling the children well what happens if anything happened to Brian . |
| 8 | Exactly , I was just thinking the same thing . |
| 9 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just taking the dog for a walk . |
| 11 | I was just taking the children for a walk in the park . |
| 12 | ‘ I was just takin' the weight off my feet , Mr Berkley . |
| 13 | ‘ All right , I was just making the point . |
| 14 | no , no , I was just doing the front , he did behind those |
| 15 | I was just testing the camera so |
| 16 | I was just pressing the camera shutter when someone yelled ‘ Polar bear ! ’ and there , about twenty metres away on the head of the beach , was a bear standing watching us . |
| 17 | I was just letting the record finish Andy . |
| 18 | Excuse me a sec I just want to I was just letting the water er , the radiator was a little bit |
| 19 | I was just feeling the early morning sun as it warmed the beads of sweat that dripped down my two days ' stubble . |
| 20 | I think someone was just taking the mickey and kept setting them off . |
| 21 | Maybe they thought she was just exploring the area within the walls . |
| 22 | Our trusty shore controls informed us , somewhat naively in view of the fact that the black night outside was dotted with the myriad lights of fishing vessels , that they thought she was just passing the Manacles . |
| 23 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
| 24 | Her manner said that this was a thing of great indifference to her , but that she was just setting the record straight . |
| 25 | She was just crossing the square , and wondering where in her portmanteau she had placed her woollen shawl , when she became aware of footsteps that were not her own . |
| 26 | She was just lighting the gas on the tiny ring when the knocker on the front door sounded a veritable tattoo . |
| 27 | Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door . |
| 28 | He squeezed her shoulder and went out into the hall after Pascoe who was just replacing the receiver . |
| 29 | We was just passin' the time till the relief came . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If it was just defying the village I would n't think twice . |