Example sentences of "his [noun pl] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stroked some more , the tips of his fingers just skimming beneath the wide straps , at the edges of the scooped neckline , teasing , tormenting … |
| 2 | and then the second man he set he sat next to it with his arm over his shoulders just to make sure he was comfortable with the with as you say , the seat belt on as well you see , to secure him , and off the lads set , all the way across Hull Road right the way t across to Queen Anne 's . |
| 3 | ‘ He was looking at me with his eyes just flickering with fear . |
| 4 | In the bigger photo his eyes just look so red he 's like going urgh |
| 5 | Luke covered the microphone with his hand and leant towards her , his lips just brushing hers in the tenderest of kisses before he whispered softly , ‘ I love you , Fran . |
| 6 | ‘ Across the path , ’ she said firmly , ‘ with his feet just touching the grass on the landward side , and his head and shoulders in the river . |
| 7 | But his friends just thought he was a crazy obsessive with an unhealthy fascination for the macabre . |
| 8 | He was taking his bloody life in his hands just taking a cab for six or seven city blocks . |
| 9 | He was all the more striking because the boast that he ran his papers just to make money contrasted strongly with the more complex motives , combining profit with politics , that were still typical of the proprietors of the early 1960s . |
| 10 | Ed and his mates just bobbing along . |
| 11 | Eliot 's practice , as his remarks just quoted make clear , was always ‘ freed ’ verse : verse freed indeed from the constraints of traditional prosody , yet rather constantly recalling to the reader 's ear one of the traditional patterns it was departing from . |