Example sentences of "i was just " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know , I was just sitting on the grass one day , down by the river . |
2 | His biggest problem was that because of the way things work in academic life , regardless of whether or not I changed my lectures from one year to the next , I was just about unsackable . |
3 | ‘ It 's all right , I was just leaving , ’ I said , and I stood up . |
4 | Unemployment had then just begun its big rise but there were still jobs going — I was just being silly about which ones to apply for . |
5 | By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel . |
6 | It 's funny , I was just thinking . |
7 | I was just wondering , that 's all . |
8 | The glider dived almost vertically and I was just in time to pull back on the stick so that we hit the ground in a level attitude without any damage . |
9 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
10 | I was just an honest guy who wanted to get on with what he did best , scoring tries , and I think the supporters responded to that . ’ |
11 | But I was just cool . |
12 | Arthur Ramsey was found with his injuries and in a state of shock and muttering , ‘ It was such a little thing , I was just trying to put my coat right . ’ |
13 | I was just calling to make sure you received our tape/tickets/press release |
14 | I 'm sure Malcolm and Vivienne had discussions but at that stage , I was just the Saturday lad . |
15 | I was just one of those Tweedledum and Tweedledee corduroy-jacket-wearing chess buffs who hung around the club . |
16 | ‘ I was just telling you about this girl and what her mother said on the night before she got married to the sailor . ’ |
17 | I was just saying what it was like . |
18 | I was n't going to hurt it or nothing — I was just going to stroke it , but it flew off anyway . |
19 | I ai n't had a fit or nothing — I was just lying down cos I was tired . |
20 | ‘ I was just passing . ’ |
21 | I was just passing . ’ |
22 | I was just thinking . ’ |
23 | ‘ By the time I was just 22 , I had run up a clothes debt of nearly £4,000 ’ |
24 | That particular guy was the first person out , then I was just about the second out . |
25 | ‘ I did write to them but I was just snubbed . ’ |
26 | ‘ It was about 8.30am and I was just getting dressed when it came over on the news , ’ said Mr Tyson , a former clerk of works at Harrow council , London . |
27 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
28 | ‘ I was just following Jennifer 's lead . ’ |
29 | That car 's been parked there over a week , and I was just beginning to wonder about ringing the police . |
30 | I was just passing and saw the smoke . ’ |