Example sentences of "just what [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voters would recognise just what they had thrown away by their mad urge to vote Labour or Liberal Democrat in April 1992 — and this , plus the sight of Mr Gerald Kaufman as Foreign Secretary , would be quite enough to do the trick . |
| 2 | And all the whole , French scientists continued to do just what they had always done — make new discoveries and expand our understanding of the natural world . |
| 3 | And those six little gutter-weasels and their heftier accomplice who had pushed her over would never realize , when they sold Miss Gemma Dallam 's valuable satin for a shilling or two , just what they had done to her . |
| 4 | I know they do n't mean anything by it , it 's just what they had in stock . |
| 5 | Just what they expected . |
| 6 | Estates like this were often sold to the local authorities as packages — they were n't what they wanted , just what they got . |
| 7 | Beresford , too , aims to prove a point by letting Liverpool and Wednesday see just what they missed — by helping Newcastle into the Premier league . |
| 8 | ‘ And we have wasted all this time resisting provocation , which was just what they wanted . |
| 9 | And that was just what they wanted to hear . |
| 10 | And that 's just what they did . |
| 11 | And that was just what they did , although Beth only picked at her food , her heart too full to eat . |
| 12 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 13 | Few will react by thinking that their redundancy was just what they needed — even if this is , in fact , true . |
| 14 | On the face of it he was just what they needed : minor-public-school background , not over-academic but Lausanne-trained and with experience of the top hotel groups in England , Europe and the Far East . |
| 15 | But Walter Machin was just what we went for in those days : we were all daft about him could n't think o' anything else , from morn to night . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Just what we thought . |
| 17 | ‘ Which is just what we hoped for — that he 'd run for it . ’ |
| 18 | It 's terrific Jane actually , the buzz is really out there , it 's just what we hoped would happen , and really very much thanks to Fox in fact , er it seems to be happening . |
| 19 | And for thirty years I and my fellow teachers , as we went back to our classrooms , have said to ourselves , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ ’ , and had gone on doing just what we had been doing all along , which was to try to bribe , scare or shame children into learning what someone else had decided they ought to know . |
| 20 | But being careful and bathing was just what we had come to get away from . |
| 21 | It was just what we needed . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Alan 's tackle on Emyr Lewis at the start of the game , lifting him off his feet and sending him crashing down , was just what we needed to lift us ’ said Ruddock . |
| 23 | A real Canadian breakfast , pancakes and honey , with eggs and ham and coffee , just what we needed after a good workout . |
| 24 | Well I do n't know it 's just what we liked at the time you know , we liked anything that was considered a bit way out then , you know |
| 25 | Just what she felt marriage was likely to bring about . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , she set about searching it in a methodical fashion , discovering in the process just what she had expected : nothing . |
| 27 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 28 | Her tone implied that he did n't , and it was just what she had intended . |
| 29 | Claudia 's hands flew to her throat ; for a moment that was just what she had done . |
| 30 | Planning is just what she had been doing . |