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 . ’
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