Example sentences of "just missed " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've just missed my husband . |
| 2 | The error was then compounded when , having just missed the green with his fourth shot , his chip ‘ took off ’ and he three-putted . |
| 3 | Mathilde had in fact just missed being his real wife , for they had been engaged until 1836 , when , as a result of the Strasbourg episode , Mathilde had broken it off . |
| 4 | Great clawmarks down one cheek had just missed his eye . |
| 5 | He made a birdie at the next , but just missed one at the last and lost by a shot . |
| 6 | ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said . |
| 7 | KEEP AWAY FROM THE EDGE Anyone who has just missed a bus is experiencing stress , but will get over it quickly . |
| 8 | He was arrested , charged with possession of cocaine and only just missed serving a jail sentence when the court ordered him to attend a drugs rehabilitation centre . |
| 9 | At Frankfurt Airport I found I had just missed one plane to London and there was not another for three hours . |
| 10 | Alison Wyeth was ninth , but Sonia O'Sullivan just missed out on the bronze for Ireland , who have never had a female Olympic medallist . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've just missed the last bus . |
| 12 | He had just missed being elected a member of this Academy by a single vote . |
| 13 | You must have just missed him . ’ |
| 14 | I 've just missed hearing my name taken in vain . |
| 15 | The Alliance were briefly the controlling party in local government and just missed taking the Parliamentary seat at the 1987 election . |
| 16 | The Bookish Portfolio , having just missed buying News Corporation at its low of under A$4.00 early in 1991 , achieved an unenviable record in terms of consistency by failing to participate in the 232% advance of that share during the period under review . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've just missed him , ’ said Vernon . |
| 18 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 19 | She tried very , very hard not to say ‘ concoined ’ and only just missed . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've just missed her , ’ she said quietly . |
| 21 | ‘ He must have just missed you , then , ’ Mrs Porter concluded . |
| 22 | You have just missed Sir Robert . ’ |
| 23 | Unfortunately , we had just missed the 1400 steam departure from Butterley but most of us took the footpath to Swanwick Junction , the main museum site , to view the many and varied locomotives and other items that spanned a large period of railway history . |
| 24 | A vein in Lafontaine 's neck was cut , and he lost a large amount of blood , but the knife just missed a main artery . |
| 25 | Prentice turned his head to see what had just missed him , making the finger-rubbing gesture and whispering ‘ Puss … puss … ’ which is something I 've noticed a lot of people who have n't met Springsteen do . |
| 26 | Yer 've just missed her . ’ |
| 27 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 28 | However Crewe came back into the game a scored after 30 minutes or so when Strach misplaced a pass in the midfield where upon some Crewe player broke away and rolled the ball past Beaney and Hodge ( who only just missed intercepting it ) . |
| 29 | In the second half Leeds looked slightly better but almost went 2–1 down when poor marking let one the Crewe forwards in with a chance , the ball came across from the right wing and the bloke had a shot at goal from about 12 yards out that only just missed . |
| 30 | If you have just missed a limitation period do not panic , get a second opinion , and keep your firm and your insurers informed . |