Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] just [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 2 | Feeling quite ill and willing himself not to look down , he stretched up and found that he could just reach the circular window . |
| 3 | Though he was a little surprised , he smiled and said with alacrity that he could just use a cup of coffee , and he lounged after her as she bustled around the kitchen . |
| 4 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 5 | The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry . |
| 6 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 7 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Socialistic ’ rather than socialist , he tells himself he would belong to a political party if he could just find the right one to join . |