Example sentences of "a [noun sg] just [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's wrong with her ? ’ asked Juliet , remembering the thin , dark-haired woman who had arrived on a stretcher just before she went for her coffee break . |
| 2 | Trying to isolate a cow just as she starts to calve is the worst solution possible . |
| 3 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It would be naive and stupid to think we have a walkover just because we are favourites for the First Division title . |
| 5 | Above all , make an effort not to develop psychological reactions to chemicals — never assume that you are going to react to a chemical just because you have in the past . |
| 6 | He gave the market a stimulus just as it was starting to recover , a stimulus it did n't need . |
| 7 | The pilot slammed the powerful jets into reverse thrust , bringing the giant plane to a halt just before he ran out of runway . |
| 8 | I 'm grateful that you listen to him , and do not treat him like a fool just because he is old . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Most men think Cleo is a boy just because I do n't dress her in pink frocks . ’ |
| 10 | They had originally offered £100,000 for Fox , who asked relegated Rovers for a move just before he left on the Lions tour Down Under in May . |
| 11 | The exhaust gas is mixed with a little air from a small pump at a point just before it enters the canister . |
| 12 | But , head to head with the world 's No 1 , the strapping Scot had had a four-under- par 66 to his conqueror 's 68 and the satisfaction of having unfurled a draw just when he needed it most . |
| 13 | Mr Stockdale authorised the £227,000 payment as part of a package just before he resigned . |
| 14 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
| 15 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 16 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 17 | Each member of the family had his or her picture taken at least once : there , recorded for posterity , is father Benjamin , leaning back comfortably in a chair just as he had done when sitting for Mr. Adkin all those years before , still wearing his favourite ring on the little finger of his right hand . |
| 18 | You would , of course , not be likely to select a sequence just because it would stand on its own . |
| 19 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 20 | ‘ This is what it is all about really ’ , said one of the clowns , handing me a bun just before he dashed across to the pub car park where they all lined up in order to be judged which of them was the best-dressed ( he was , incidentally ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Apparently Ainley had told them he would try to force-land on a beach just after they flew near some naval ships . |
| 22 | ‘ To howl down a man just because he happens to be out of form one day is often sufficient to discourage him for all time , ’ he told the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 23 | She had a haemorrhage just before she came in . |
| 24 | She would n't be a burden just because he was having a pang of conscience . |
| 25 | ‘ They came for a weekend just before we left Starlings . ’ |
| 26 | At least two-thirds of Americans have never had any reason to think of the British as their Anglo-Saxon cousins ; the East European émigrés who ran the studios were no more likely than their successors to look upon British producers as partners , and nobody would queue to see a film just because it was British . |
| 27 | Because it 's silly to stay locked up in a house just because you 're afraid of someone . " |
| 28 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 29 | Ven was his own man and if he wanted to eat anything more then she was certain that he 'd hardly forgo a pudding just because she did n't want one . |
| 30 | From the top , the views south are awesome , proving the nonsense of ignoring a mountain just because it falls a few feet short of Munro status . |