Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] just [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Eddie Leadbeater , the leg spinner who played for Yorkshire just after the war , was my favourite opponent but Johnny Wardle , the old left-arm slow bowler , was a good player too and Ray Illingworth was a clever billiards player . |
2 | They stirred into life just before half-time , when Mickey Lewis came as close as anyone could to scoring |
3 | There was a strong case for saving Thoresby for the nation , but unfortunately its future came into question just at the moment when all thoughts were focused on Brodsworth , near Doncaster , another Victorian house with an even more complete set of contents . |
4 | In 1940 he married Rose Paul-Schiff , a Viennese , whose family was connected with the banking firm of Warburg Schiff and came to England just before the Anschluss . |
5 | But the City , already nervous about the hefty price Thorn paid for Virgin just before the industry down turn — and by talk that 160 people have quit Virgin since the sale — marked Thorn 's shares another 9p lower to 808p . |
6 | Ken Bradshaw probably wrestled with sharks just for the hell of it . |
7 | The following example of horse jading happened in Suffolk just after the First World War . |
8 | Instead , she had sworn Mrs Mentiply to secrecy , driven back to Tunbridge Wells to collect her passport , then raced to Dover just in time to catch an early afternoon hovercraft to Boulogne . |
9 | He did not keep his solemn word , renewed at Speyer just before his coronation in 1209 , when as a condition of his coronation as emperor he promised to restore Church properties retained by his predecessors . |
10 | We arrived at Glastonbury just after dark . |
11 | Paul Wakefield , 27 , of High Moor Road , was assaulted and knocked unconscious as he walked along Northgate just after 8pm on Friday . |
12 | IN mid-July 1991 training began in St. Just for any child under 16 who wanted to play rugby union — at that time I had no kit and no idea of how to run a junior/mini rugby club . |
13 | Then he landed in Oxford just at the right time to go out to the factory and it was open , and you had to get your car as soon as you could and see that everything was all right . |
14 | ‘ When they returned to Bristol just before midnight three of the party left . |
15 | Mention of that ground immediately conjures in the mind another typically formidable Hateley goal : from August 1991 , destruction of Celtic , when he pounced upon possession just inside the opposition half , proceeded to forge ahead while defenders were dragging anchors behind him , and rounded Pat Bonner before lashing the ball into the net . |
16 | By now he would be in the train , the 17.20 , that got to Chelmsford just after ten to six . |
17 | We rolled into Casma just after three in the morning , the stink of fish oil hanging over the port and an old adobe fort peering at us out of mist . |
18 | Polythene went into production just in time to play a crucial role in enabling radar equipment to be deployed effectively in the Battle of Britain . |
19 | But my father went to America just after the war , and when he came back on the Queen Mary , he brought my mother some nylons , which were not obtainable in Britain at that time . |
20 | Went to ladies just before quarter to five to find they 've been removed . |
21 | A moment passed ; then it came again — a thin , high-pitched cry that sounded to Deborah just like ‘ Help ! |
22 | and they jumped in front just before half-time … |
23 | A late night attempt to resume talks today by the London ambulance employers ended in failure just before midnight when the unions rejected the call . |