Example sentences of "just [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still worse , however , were visits to a Kilmarnock grandmother , a tough ‘ old tartar ’ of a truly ‘ grim disposition ’ , who ‘ just lived and lived and lived ’ in her spotless ‘ scrubbed white ’ house . |
| 2 | no I do n't think I wan na just sit and wash somebody sitting in a chair |
| 3 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 4 | Sometimes , I just sit and stare , forgetting … for weeks , Jessamyn , for weeks . |
| 5 | But , you know she just puts it on , she does n't want to do any thing for a hour or so and just sit and recover . |
| 6 | But I 've got to I do this you know , I just sit and look . |
| 7 | I 'm not tired no more so I just sit and watch her . |
| 8 | It 's possibly the most outrageous place anywhere in the Mediterranean , full of weird and wonderful people , stilt walkers , street markets , pavement cafés , and bars in which you just sit and watch a world you have never seen before walk past in front of your nose . |
| 9 | So you just sit and watch the telly for a year and not do anything he 's not gon na be very good |
| 10 | ‘ We discovered time travel , but my people just sit and watch the events of the universe without getting involved . |
| 11 | and what are they gon na do , just sit and watch you |
| 12 | Just sit and admire the surrounding beauty |
| 13 | I just sit and have a good read until they are done . |
| 14 | It 's not good us training designers who then just sit and work in a creative vacuum . |
| 15 | I mean you ca n't expect them to be quiet , just sit and do nothing all that time . |
| 16 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 17 | When the balance is correct then you just sit and ride forward with your legs closed gently round the horse riding him up to a soft contact on the reins . |
| 18 | The girl would ‘ just sit and talk to her . |
| 19 | You put yourself into cold storage for two years as far as any kind of political practice goes and just sit and think — and do n't forget you 'll get paid £5000 a year to sit and think about the purity of the struggle we 're all fighting back here . ’ |
| 20 | If people just sit and think about it , the National Health Service you know ? |
| 21 | So you sit down with The Hook and ask him about what it was like in the '60s in London , when he was lionised by Van Morrison , The Animals , Peter Green and all the gut-bucket R&B bands , but he just laughs and says it was fun . |
| 22 | Whether she was just fainted or stunned from the shock or whether she was seriously injured , I would n't like to comment on that . ’ |
| 23 | Tranmere just creaked and groaned under the pressure . |
| 24 | Although how we were supposed to be able to afford to rebuild , I had no idea , but whenever I queried anything he would just laugh and tell me to leave it all to him . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I thought people would just laugh and criticise me but they seem to like it my singing . |
| 26 | She 'd just laugh and say summat like that . |
| 27 | In the summer we can go out and draw from direct observation , but in winter it is too cold , but when we get back to the classroom we can draw from memory the tree we have just examined and put down on paper as much as we have learned and remembered about the tree , its form , its colour , and its texture . |
| 28 | Next morning she simply would not accept they were still trembling all over but would just nod and say , ‘ Oh yes , I can see you 're much better , luv . ’ |
| 29 | In these days of digital technology and modular electronics , it 's hard to know where to turn when your blue-speaker AC30 begins to issue smoke , your Copicat starts munching recording tape or your beloved Marshall JTM45 just sits and coughs in the corner . |
| 30 | But you see , Gianluigi 's cousin works in the museum and they 've got so much stuff there they literally do n't know what to do with it all , it just sits and rots in boxes in the cellar , no one ever sees it . |