Example sentences of "[modal v] just [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll just doddle about in a world of our own . ’ |
| 2 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |
| 3 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 4 | We could just fall back on a bit of sweets and chocolate or something in the end but I 'd like to get some |
| 5 | Larry Lonik , author of ‘ The Curious Morel ’ , tells the tale of a man in Williamsburg who knew a special spot : ‘ People would try to follow him , but he 'd just sit down under a tree and wait them out . |
| 6 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 7 | She 'd just come back from a visit home to Germany and was still sad . |
| 8 | He 'd just come in from a trip with a customer on one of the yachts . |
| 9 | The Superintendent had gone off duty , but Sergeant Burgess was there , and an Inspector who 'd just come in from a river patrol . |
| 10 | It would just fall off like a dust . |
| 11 | But it has to be something good , or it will just fizzle out like a damp squib and you 'll feel worse than ever . ’ |
| 12 | But , in fact , virtually no behavioural tendency which constitutes genuine action can just show up in a cultural context ‘ as itself ’ . |
| 13 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |