Example sentences of "could just [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee . |
2 | I remember that one of us , I can not recall which , made the cynical remark that what we really wanted was a similar type of aircraft to the one that had crashed , in which the auto-pilot could be connected up with the flight recorder — then we investigators could just sit and watch the accident happen all over again . |
3 | And so the back room like , you could just go and sit in there on your own or whatever . |
4 | Well in them days you could , if you got fed up with a job you could just go and move on to another |
5 | And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour . |
6 | So I 've got all ready , for me AIDS cos I used to just think oh I do n't really , I could just go and get some leaflets on ban on |
7 | ‘ Perhaps even that is preferable to thinking she could just disappear and let us think she was dead . ’ |
8 | You could just drift and hang out and see what happened , which suited me fine , even more than being a Customs Officer or a professional footballer or a guitarist . |
9 | I could just try and ask people . |
10 | ‘ Er — I was wondering if you could just come and help me for a moment ? ’ |