Example sentences of "[vb past] just [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 2 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 3 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 4 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 5 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |