Example sentences of "but [pron] just [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know you 're right , but I just ca n't see how I 'd handle ‘ no ’ . ' |
| 2 | I try not to , but I just ca n't stop . |
| 3 | I try to stop , but I just ca n't . |
| 4 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 5 | You often hear managers say that : ' I 've run out of ideas on how to deal with him … ’ or ‘ she could do so much better but I just ca n't seem to make any progress … ’ or ‘ he simply did n't do what I asked … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know I 'm a fool , ’ she said , ‘ but I just ca n't seem to help myself ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I just ca n't accept any other explanation of what happened . |
| 8 | I 'm never late for things , I try really hard to be late , but I just ca n't be because we were told off so much about it . |
| 9 | It 's up to me whether I eat or not , too , but I just ca n't see myself on that diet of nothing . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm sorry , but I just ca n't get over it . |
| 11 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |
| 12 | But I just ca n't do this with anyone else , because a long time ago I was raped , and my lover is the only man I could bear to touch me . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I just ca n't . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'd like to help you , but I just ca n't , ’ Luke cut ruthlessly into her stammering plea . |
| 15 | I 'm a pathetic coward , but I just ca n't go through with this . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I just ca n't stand foxes , ’ said Grimma . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry but I just ca n't support this view , what about pride , team confidence ( just imagine what this victory would do to that — considering , correct me if I 'm wrong , but the 3 sides we have beaten away from home are shit , and we have also been on a crap run recently ) , and not to mention a place in Europe — this is a 2nd place 6 pointer . |
| 18 | I 'll feel better in a minute , but I just ca n't imagine why she dislikes me so . ’ |
| 19 | Ah , look I 've got it I saw this , one of those right , mum I finded erm one of those , but I just ca n't see any Cs or that number |
| 20 | No , I know , I do n't mean owt , owt wrong but I just ca n't remember these two names , I do n't know why , there 's something I 've never been able to , cos I 've always said to you ai n't I ? |
| 21 | I know but I just ca n't help fidgeting my bottom . |
| 22 | And you know in one week , but I 'm quite willing you know just to get on with the handicraft , but I just ca n't be committed . |
| 23 | It just needs somebody to have a look at it , but I just ca n't be bothered . |
| 24 | ‘ I would have loved to have been there but I just can not get around now . |
| 25 | I have been in rescue for 15 years , but I just can not explain that feeling . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I should have unloaded it first , ’ Catherine Crane said , apologetically , ‘ but I just could n't move in any direction with it where it was . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd not forgotten him , but I just could n't see why he 'd want to kill her . |
| 28 | But I just could n't bring myself to do it . |
| 29 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |
| 30 | But I just could n't spot one . |