Example sentences of "just [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very tempted to gamble the little money I had left in order to try and accumulate some more — tempted also to have a go just for the thrill of it . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ Seven of the eight have competed for Great Britain and we certainly would not have submitted any we thought would go just for the trip . ’ |
| 3 | And Vivienne kept telling me , I should have stayed on just for the grant . |
| 4 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed downright immoral to torment the poor woman with questions now just for the sake of proving the Jaguar 's brakes were faulty or Fanshawe driving over the seventy limit . |
| 6 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 7 | Whether it be for family , friends or just for the occasion , appearance on the parade is viewed as a token for all the other skills learnt during the nineteen weeks of basic training . |
| 8 | And here were people who wanted him not just for the name on the letter-head , but because they thought he could make a positive contribution . |
| 9 | Paris fashions may be just for the rich , but the rest of us can enjoy beauty products from the designers . |
| 10 | I wanted to wear really bright red lipstick too , just for the sheer hell of it ! ’ |
| 11 | Just For The Night stocks a wide range of evening dresses in sizes 8 to 20 , from the simple to the very glamorous . |
| 12 | Most crossed just for the experience of a freedom they had been denied so long . |
| 13 | AND , just for the record , here 's the Pope 's first pronouncement on the environment . |
| 14 | Maradona , who captains the defending World Cup champions , was quoted in several Italian newspapers yesterday as saying that ‘ World Cup groups had been predetermined and the draw was made just for the fun of the television audience ’ . |
| 15 | If Ballesteros was partially responsible for the all those individual successes , then Jacklin may deserve the credit not just for the Ryder Cup but for demonstrating that inspirational leadership , combined with an infinite capacity for detail , can produce a team better than the sum of its parts . |
| 16 | Unless today 's firms learn to manage for profit , not just for the revenue generated by the next deal , it is a fair bet that in fewer years than that many of them will have gone the same way . |
| 17 | Just for the record , 77,923 people paid £1,031,262.50 ; twenty-five years earlier 110,287 people had paid £56,300 . |
| 18 | ‘ Well you do n't think my lads would be out here just for the bloody exercise , do you ? ’ |
| 19 | Says it 's all out there , just for the taking . |
| 20 | This ‘ seeing God ’ , a project not just for the afterlife , not just ‘ jam tomorrow ’ , was the high ambition of anyone who took up a penitential life . |
| 21 | Some horses show this by becoming depressed and lethargic ; whereas others decide to make their own excitement , and start shying at every bird and bush — just for the fun of it . |
| 22 | Habits provide the reassurance of familiarity , not just for the sequence of the day 's events , but for all sorts of minor incidents that occur — like making a pot of tea ; or for the horse , the way down the river bank so that it can drink the water . |
| 23 | The Gofer concept provides good mobile flexible staff help , just for the times it is needed . |
| 24 | Nonconformity had now become part of that high street and as such had a responsibility not just for the souls of the gathered faithful but for society as a whole . |
| 25 | The book was a triumph not just for the ‘ Nonconformist ’ Mrs Stowe but for English Nonconformity . |
| 26 | It was essential to harness science and technology not just for the economy but for the environment , she added , pledging that the Liberal Democrats would inject £400 million into the science base . |
| 27 | Not out of obsession with the abnormal ; just for the pleasure . |
| 28 | Organic meat needs experienced butchery and not a quick swipe with the band saw before being instantly packaged — so go to a butcher who buys his meat on the hoof from a farmer who is n't into organics just for the sake of profit . |
| 29 | Bob Worcester , chairman of Mori , says : ‘ It is important to know what happened , not just for the sake of the pollsters but for that of the research business and the marketing decisions that depend upon confidence in the data that market research provides . ’ |
| 30 | You go not just for the rides ( one of the most popular , Earthquake , puts you in San Francisco just as the Big One hits ) but for the chance to see how filmmakers , animators and special effects wizards all conspire to create the magic of film . |