Example sentences of "just [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I thought people would just laugh and criticise me but they seem to like it my singing . |
| 3 | She 'd just laugh and say summat like that . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | You could n't just make and unmake people at will without working at it . |
| 6 | You wo n't put him off really , I think he 's just got a great a , he 's not , just got a great appetite I think , he 'll just eat and eat and eat |
| 7 | ‘ Well , let's just eat and relax , ’ said Jay . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps even that is preferable to thinking she could just disappear and let us think she was dead . ’ |
| 9 | Well , he would just chop and chop and chop and chop |
| 10 | You ca n't just wait and expect him to come to you . ’ |
| 11 | But that does n't mean you should just wait and hope . |
| 12 | Let's just wait and see what he wants . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Let's just wait and see what the critics have to say , ’ Josh returned drily , but he was grinning broadly , clearly delighted . |
| 14 | ‘ But we will have to just wait and see . ’ |
| 15 | Let's just wait and see . |
| 16 | Shall we just wait and see ? ’ |
| 17 | Erm I think we 'll just wait and see what he does . |
| 18 | We shall just wait and see now . |
| 19 | Our solicitor is fighting for that , but we seem as though we 're up against a brick wall at the moment , so we 'll have to just wait and see . |
| 20 | Most authoritative commentators on British politics in the period between the Reform Acts , 1832 and 1867 did not just describe and explain our politics . |
| 21 | Er , well I 'll just do and see what happens . |
| 22 | If I saw an Indian girl being beaten up , I might just watch or walk away . |
| 23 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 24 | Zsa Zsa was enchanting — whatever I said to her , she 'd just giggle and become even more indiscreet . |
| 25 | Would you just look and see ? ’ |
| 26 | Let's just look and see . |
| 27 | erm These films could only just run and show the faces , show the expressions , show a little action . |
| 28 | It can be three point seven eight , seven nine eight , or you can just multiply and divide by ten for how many ten pounds there are . |
| 29 | Well if you want to just ring and ask someone to bring them . |
| 30 | Huh , I can just see that coming off |