Example sentences of "me just " in BNC.
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| 31 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 32 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 33 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 34 | ‘ The hotline has given me just the motivation I needed to get moving . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ Let me just have one more look — ’ Angalo began . |
| 36 | Adam held me just above my elbow , stroking the inside of my arm with his thumb . |
| 37 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 38 | ‘ Will you lend him to me just for one night ? ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Stay as you are and show me just the same ! ’ |
| 40 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 41 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 42 | But I need n't have worried , she came to me just as smoothly as before , and I flew her half a dozen times a session over the next four days . |
| 43 | Not that it came to me just thinking : I realized it at school . |
| 44 | I was , he told me just what I wanted to hear , ‘ that watches of this make were issued to RAF navigators ’ . |
| 45 | This seems to me just false , although I find it hard to show it convincingly . |
| 46 | He ripped into me just now for going into the PGA caravan . ’ |
| 47 | And he said , today he phoned me just as I was going out and I did n't really sort of stop and talk to him very long . |
| 48 | It amazes me just how much was achieved , with such positive results , especially as we only dug from 2.15 to 6.00 P.m . |
| 49 | ‘ Well , you can pay me just a bit ’ . |
| 50 | I 've never claimed much ; I 've never claimed to be a great original ; my life has been a series of accidents with me just sort of helping along . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ My monthly salary would buy me just four bottles of Johnny Walker whisky on the black market , ’ said Hatim , a professor of engineering at Baghdad University . |
| 52 | ‘ My husband gave it to me just after we married , ’ she said . |
| 53 | The council told me just to stay there the weekend . |
| 54 | His absolute conviction at that time , reinforced by an extraordinary personal charm and magnetism gave me just the right insight and guidance that I needed . |
| 55 | Let me just put you in the picture there Brian , what , what Lorne has agreed subject to what guarantees have been given |
| 56 | Let me just sum it up . |
| 57 | Let me just finish off now by illustrating what leads to the outcome and how a a of a particular infectious condition and the combination of the factors that we think lead to these outcomes . |
| 58 | Fancy me just blurting out about her , never thinking . |
| 59 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Would someone care to tell me just what is going on ? ’ |