Example sentences of "just [verb] there [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just sit there in a |
| 2 | Just pausing there for a moment , can you point out to Mr Inspector where that er building was to be developed , Mrs ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 6 | Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best |
| 7 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 8 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | You could do something useful instead of just sitting there like a |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | ‘ He would just sit there on a chair and laugh to himself . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | I just stood there like a punch-drunk boxer , taking the punishment she was handing out . |
| 17 | I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |
| 20 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |
| 21 | I just sat there like a real prat , and I thought |