Example sentences of "it just [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just slithered over the surface , then , as its wheels became clogged , it stopped , settled down , and slowly , inch by inch , began to sink . |
| 2 | I think that , I do n't know , it just seemed as if you were looking at me like |
| 3 | Some of the cognoscenti had recognised why he was wearing the deaf-aid , but for the majority , it just seemed to be part of the character , justified by a couple of new lines . |
| 4 | I do n't know , of course , but it just seemed to me … well , and then there were the clothes . ’ |
| 5 | Oh no , no , no , not at all af after the war work it , it just seemed to er no one ever seemed to get any be interested in flying as they were pre-war then , or they probably that they had cars and they could get about more you know to other outlying places like Pentiford in Wolverhampton |
| 6 | It just seemed like an interesting challenge . |
| 7 | It 's the typically cool thing , but it just seemed like a road to nowhere . |
| 8 | ‘ It just seemed like a ridiculous idea but I thought it was a nice place to go and have a look around , ’ he admits . |
| 9 | I never did , but when it came up for auction , it just seemed like it would make her smile , and the money was going to a good cause , too . |
| 10 | It was stupid — but it just seemed like the last straw , Tom , and what can be done ? |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose so , but it just seemed like a bit of harmless fun — and you know , Irish , you 're beautiful when you 're angry . ’ |
| 12 | I know it just dawned on me . |
| 13 | But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars . |
| 14 | ‘ Or else it just died of old age and the owners dumped it . |
| 15 | But the basic discovery of the Detroit mentality was that a design did not have to be better engineered , more functional or more beautiful than what was already on the market in order to outsell it ; it just had to be newer . |
| 16 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
| 17 | It just had to be gone through . |
| 18 | Yes , it just had to be — a Mr Cutting . |
| 19 | As for the lads — it just had to be those gorgeously groomed guys Jason Priestly and Luke Perry , stars of Beverly Hills 90210 . |
| 20 | It just had to be upfront and radical . |
| 21 | Feeling certain that her imagination was playing tricks on her , Fabia , who knew that Ven was still in Prague , saw that it just had to be that Lubor owned an exactly identical pair of shoes . |
| 22 | It just had to be this year , when Anthony was champion , that they did n't . |
| 23 | Beasant said : ‘ I thought I had it covered but it just crept through my finger-tips . ’ |
| 24 | And er I went with my dad and got into the cage which takes you down to the pit bottom and er er er immediately the cage left the surface it just dropped like a stone and I myself was frightened that the bottom of the cage collapsed completely . |
| 25 | Someone just mentioned , yeah , it just sprang to mind , someone just mentioned er , the options on moving , if you , cos |
| 26 | Sometimes it just rushed round things ; other times it flattened all in its path then picked up the debris and flung it away . |
| 27 | It tripped on a book and almost went flying , but it just succeeded in remaining upright . |
| 28 | And yet , it just clicked after a while that she is , yes I do n't know , we became the best of friends . |
| 29 | Very , very confusing this is , the world is going upside down and he do n't know what 's going to happen next you see , for instance looking a year ago , two years ago the wall , the Berlin Wall was standing and the Russian empire was feared , all over the world , and now this day , it just fell on its face |
| 30 | it just fell on its face and it 's such a shame that the land like that er , er rich in everything , neglected themselves to that state that they 're begging for food |