Example sentences of "would just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 2 | ‘ If you mean drugs , then no , Adam , you 're way off line and you have been all the time — as you 'd realise for yourself if you 'd just open your eyes and see the truth instead of what you want to see . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And thanks , but I think I 'd just bawl my eyes out all over you . |
| 4 | Settle down and live off the back catalogue : I do n't know , I do n't think I 'd just stop . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ she said to Brenda , ‘ I wish he 'd just stop . ’ |
| 6 | but I know that if it was really bad I 'd just stop doing anything for while , for two or three |
| 7 | I 'd just end up using it all . |
| 8 | One dog would go in , and she 'd just shake her tail and come back , and you could n't get her in afterwards because she knew that they 'd cleared off . |
| 9 | I 'd just fancy a Guinness . |
| 10 | I 'd just chuck it over fence and |
| 11 | They 'd just watch , thinking , ‘ Oh , they 're going to see my daughter . ’ |
| 12 | Bills would arrive and I 'd just leave them unopened , frightened of what they 'd say . |
| 13 | And if they started on at me , I 'd just threaten to run off again , ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If you 'd just answer my question , I would n't have to search all your rooms . ’ |
| 15 | Others I 'd just throw on a cotton frock and a pair of sandals to go out shopping . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No , this is true , I 've never met a girl I 'd just shag and leave — I always fall in love ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Zsa Zsa was enchanting — whatever I said to her , she 'd just giggle and become even more indiscreet . |
| 19 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 20 | Well , if yu 'd just step into the Saloon , I 'll have a fire lit in no time . ’ |
| 21 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 22 | I 'd just want to say a word of thanks . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd just make the odd suggestion from time to time , ’ says Freddie . |
| 24 | So he 'd just make it |
| 25 | She had a severe struggle with herself , but decided that if she made a fuss she 'd just make him laugh even more at her . |
| 26 | I 'd just make the simple point that a sudden twelve point five percent reduction , I referred to it this morning , er in in building , is not progressively and long term , it 's a sudden change . |
| 27 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'd just sit around a table and write it together . |
| 30 | Not only me , but poor Dave ( Paich ) too : we 'd just sit there and look at each other and go , ‘ This is wrong , ’ trying to get somebody to interpret our music . |