Example sentences of "just [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the Festival box-office staff and the unseen technical staff and — well , in short , the Festival would have collapsed long ago , had it not been for a wonderfully large number of people who join us year after year — just because they love the Festival and want to do their best for it , and work all hours for it . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems absolutely wrong to me that people with no experience and understanding can be allowed to keep livestock just because they have the money to buy the land . ’ |
| 3 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 4 | Just before they reached the track leading to Yatton Farm , however , they received a shock . |
| 5 | They drove back in silence for a while and then , just before they reached the house where William 's mother now lived , William said , ‘ It was the reason my mum went into business , you know . ’ |
| 6 | Just before they reached the station she said , ‘ Was it the birds ? ’ |
| 7 | For a moment , just before they left the house , as she and her aunt clung tightly to each other , the silent tears coursing down their faces , Ruth hated America and wished that it had never been discovered . |
| 8 | Corton Beach were tipped in the national newspapers just before they left the OTC to start on the London Stock Exchange 's third market . |
| 9 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 10 | Just before they reach the exit , HAMLET , apparently seeing CLAUDIUS approaching from off stage , bends low in a sweeping bow . |
| 11 | Hello ! has won a reputation as heralding disaster by featuring families apparently in bliss just before they hit the rocks . |
| 12 | Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out . |
| 13 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 14 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 15 | Joe steals two bus tickets to Miami , but Ratso dies just as they reach the place of his dreams . |
| 16 | Is there any evidence that bats have " discovered " it too , just as they did the send/receive system ? |
| 17 | He , like Beatty , manipulates women just as they do the media . |
| 18 | Just as they approached the doors , he stopped as if he had suddenly come to a decision . |
| 19 | Just as they defended the school friends we disapproved of , so they are likely to stick to their own choice of girl or boyfriend . |
| 20 | JUST when they thought the good times were coming to an end , Japanese building firms are being given a batch of orders for huge infrastructure projects . |