Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] just [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they do , I mean just play a game , it 's just a ga it 's a it 's a game , like sort of Simon says , try and catch them out in things , you 'll say right , now you 've got to point at a window , say , and then you have to point at , and you can get them all doing it , you |
| 2 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 3 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 4 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 5 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 6 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 7 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 8 | But I wish I had just stayed a worker , |
| 9 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 10 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 11 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 12 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 13 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 14 | I 've just seen a tape of the BBC 's The Gospels , produced by Jack Emery , which is being shown every day during Easter week . |
| 15 | I 've just sent a cable to the club : list of delegates expected for the next week 's visit — does that sound okay ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then imagine I 've just scored a century for your side , ’ Cora-Beth said with a husky little laugh . |
| 17 | I 've just built a spreadsheet to show how much we spent on subscriptions in 1991/92 and 1992/93 . |
| 18 | I 've just met a pig . |
| 19 | I I 've just received a fax of a letter sent to the leader of Liverpool City Council , coun er councillor Harry Rimmer by the right honourable member for Sutton Coldfield , in which he invites him to join an organisation called team two thousand er and as part of this invitation he 's invited to attend functions and briefings at Westminster , er at which cabinet m er ministers ministers e cabinet members ministers members of parliament , will be present . |
| 20 | I 've just made a cuppa . |
| 21 | So I 've just made a note , the next C S N T , I 'll in the report back from the staff consultative committee , there 's two or three things we need |
| 22 | I 've just made a note for the employer 's thing Jayne . |
| 23 | But now I 've just done a refill . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 've just done a week at Battersea Arts Centre with this blues band called The Dolphins , who I play with quite regularly now . |
| 25 | I 've just done a show a touring show , for the Arts Council which opened recently in Kendel having been in Cambridge , Swansea and Liverpool . |
| 26 | I 've just swallowed a bluebottle ! |
| 27 | I know what I 've got the find , oh god it 's alright , I 've just taken a look in here it 's like a bomb ! |
| 28 | For their telephone number I 've just put a question mark and I 've put a note here to say I was internally transferred . |
| 29 | She wants this doll , well Julie got it yesterday and said I phoned up , she said you 've got ta listen to this she said I 've just put a battery in when you want to hear it cry . |
| 30 | I 've had to , this cupboard 's because it 's got cutlery and the plates and that , so I 've just put a piece of er material over it . |