Example sentences of "[Wh pn] just [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's exactly the same as telling the wall it 's hurt the person who just banged his head on it . |
| 2 | ‘ Rexroth 's review said that as the band had n't shown up a pick-up band was assembled from members of the audience , who just banged pots and pans and made odd noises . |
| 3 | And I sort of started to get itchy feet to come back and do things in the early eighties and that 's when I went to Liverpool , I did a play with , I did Alfie with Alan who just directed the Commitments and er we went to a b and that really got me fired up to start again , and I sort of did some theatre stuff through the bits and pieces through the eighties until Love Hurts came . |
| 4 | Amongst other escapes , a common criminal , Wesley Scroggs who is supposed to have just slung a rope over the battlements to get away and another prisoner who just ran out of the main door into the street . |
| 5 | As for the farmer 's own income increasing , it was found that larger farmers reap better financial benefits from converting more buildings , compared to smaller farmers who just received a one-off cash injection . |
| 6 | Add to that a lot of nervousness which led to two false starts , and nobody was too happy , except perhaps Ernie Obeng who just pipped the American Darwin Cook to win . |
| 7 | Although his career may be on the wane , he should still prove a useful asset to Ballymena , who just pipped top Junior side Coleraine for the veteran 's services . |
| 8 | I 'm talking about the man who just came in . ’ |
| 9 | It was like the old-time variety acts who just came in with their music , performed and went away again . ’ |
| 10 | And I know I mean er people who just went round jumble sales erm to try and get clothing for themselves |
| 11 | It was a very nice day out actually , and everything from serious riders who just went up and down and the most energetic one did a hundred miles , to families who treated it , took a picnic and stopped and looked at the badger tunnels . |
| 12 | Compared to me , who just wailed like a baby . |
| 13 | ‘ Is that what you told the copper who just left ? ’ |
| 14 | The only person more surprised than me was Ken , who just had to follow along as best he could . |
| 15 | He looked imploringly at Connors , but it 's no use pleading with a man who just had a machine gun go off in his face . |
| 16 | We are not sure whether Jasper Lyon is an elderly gentleman reminiscing about World War Two or a young man who just had a bee in his bonnet as a schoolboy about flying a Stirling bomber rather than becoming a Spitfire pilot . |
| 17 | Then she could actually see what was going on in the family , which was that her mother was servicing her father , who just looked out of the window most of the time , psychically speaking , while the siblings got on with their rivalry . |
| 18 | He went over to Frank who just said , ‘ I 'm OK , Mahmoud , we all just want to go home . ’ |
| 19 | Who just said they turn all the Leicester is it , they turn the water supplies off , Severn Trent sorry , Mr , Mr . |
| 20 | Should we include anyone who just wished James II or the Old Pretender well ? |
| 21 | Athelstan turned and looked at Cranston , who just shrugged . |
| 22 | Then , pouncing , it had aimed a blow of its great bill at Fiver , who just managed to dodge in time . |
| 23 | Of course , the slothful major labels are now starting to sniff around their hindquarters like the old German shepherd who just woke up . |
| 24 | That 's that 's our cat who just died . |
| 25 | Yes , in the sense that she was not a person who just reacted and went along with the system , but was prepared to be independent and assess situations for herself . |
| 26 | ‘ The place that did give him a job was the Irish Catholic paper The Standard , which had a very funny editor who just liked to drink most of the day and was amused by Patrick and hired him as film critic . |
| 27 | ‘ It was an intended kill , ’ says the lieutenant , ‘ by some lunatic who just liked killing people . |
| 28 | He says he 's worried that those who just missed out on their grades might find it harder to get into university . |
| 29 | He says he 's worried that those who just missed out on their grades might find it harder to get into university . |
| 30 | Fellow Ulsterman Ronan Rafferty , who just missed out on a Ryder Cup cap , moved into fourth place on six under , six behind , with a 68 . |