Example sentences of "just [conj] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France 's Carrefour did just that by setting up a hard-discount subsidiary , Erteco , in the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | ‘ Social services would n't dream of institutionalising a child at six , yet in this country parents do just that by sending many boys of that age to prep school . ’ |
| 3 | And she set out to do just that by making the little budgie one of Britain 's most popular pets . |
| 4 | Mr Stark reckons that an emerging generation of academics , disillusioned by the arcane teachings of their forebears , is starting to do just that by tackling many of the dilemmas managers face each day — those which business ethicists have previously side-stepped . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 7 | The first loop , or sideways circle will be erratic and recovery somewhat haphazard : but just as with riding a bicycle , all the reactions begin to come naturally and in no time at all , even as early as the third flight , you will be diving and climbing at will . |
| 8 | But , just as in lekking species , the males that put on the most impressive displays are the most successful in attracting females , while others with less appealing bowers may fail to mate at all . |
| 9 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |