Example sentences of "[noun] just [vb past] [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see sometimes Boy , like all of us , sometimes Boy just wanted to be taken care of without having done anything to deserve it . |
| 2 | Refrigeration was in its infancy , so that perishable goods just had to be sold which meant that prices were gradually reduced in the hour or so before closing time . |
| 3 | The puppet is an exhibit at a cartoon gallery in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the real Mr Heseltine just happened to be passing through . |
| 4 | Pilkington disliked the impression conveyed that these friendly personalities just happened to be recommending products as though they were disinterested parties . |
| 5 | Life just had to be raced and there really was no way of climbing through the lavatory window to get out of it . |
| 6 | The police just happened to be checking cars today . |