Example sentences of "just [vb past] [coord] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just leered and said , ‘ ’ I 'm a psychiatrist , little girl . |
| 2 | three or four times I had to speak to him last night , and you never said a word , you just pretended or said you did n't hear |
| 3 | Who just sighed and said that penguins had driven themselves blind , even mad , by watching that dangerous nonsense up there . |
| 4 | He just nodded and said , ‘ Go on . |
| 5 | Fielding just nodded and said , " And what does his availability look like ? " |
| 6 | When Granny heard this she just sniffed and said , ‘ Well Morag , that means we 'll just have to do all the cleaning ourselves , eh . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But the immigration officials and security men just laughed and said she was pretending because she did n't want to be sent back . ’ |
| 8 | Emmie was always frightened that he would say they could n't afford it and try to borrow money , but usually he just laughed and said there was n't any need , the girls could manage . |
| 9 | She just went and said I 've got this you know , check up , cos she knew she was going to Christies for her final check up and , they 've whizzed her in . |
| 10 | ‘ When we asked her if she was going to marry Peter she just smiled and said we 'd have to wait and see . |
| 11 | John and I rebelled at this kind of regimentation but Andrew and Ernest just smiled and said nothing . |
| 12 | But Ted just smiled and said , ‘ This is my last chance to be happy . |
| 13 | Annie looked at Elizabeth almost guiltily but Elizabeth just smiled and said , ‘ Leave the boxes in my trap and send Martha down to our house tomorrow . |
| 14 | I just smiled and said ‘ a little ’ — but I was hurt . |
| 15 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 16 | If the silence lasts too long for you to feel comfortable , repeat the last thing the person just said or say , ‘ I 'm not sure how to read your silence ’ or ‘ Looks like you 're having some interesting thoughts -would you like to say anything about them ? ’ |
| 17 | Granpa just groaned and said , ‘ I do n't want you to end up workin' in the East End , young ‘ un . |