Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] just [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be a close , hard game but Cushendall may perhaps just have the edge . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd rather just take the gear and give them nothing ’ pretends Richard , smiling . |
| 3 | On temporarily sober reflection , I think I 'd better just stay the way I am , and settle for the occasional bursts of adulation down the pub . |
| 4 | Emil , laying tablecloths , said that wine alone was included in the fare , all other cocktails having to be paid for , and perhaps I 'd better just serve the wine ; he and Oliver and Cathy would do the rest . |
| 5 | He could only just reach the handle to close the door behind him . |
| 6 | ‘ I was so cold I could only just press the stop button . |
| 7 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 8 | Patrick and Jim could only just overhear the conversation that ensued , in quick-fire French . |
| 9 | You 'd only just multiply the thing , you 'd spill petrol on an already burning flame . |
| 10 | I could still just hear the aeroplane . |
| 11 | He joked : ‘ I would rather just do the run — but I 'm told I 've got to go through with the ceremony as well . ’ |
| 12 | John 's fee was his first professional one and would only just cover the expenses of presenting the act . |
| 13 | Because of the remarkable contours of the ground , a fielder in the deep can only just see the tops of the heads of his teammates . |