Example sentences of "but [pers pn] just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew I was n't being terribly respectful , but I just cupped the telephone , looked her up and down and said : ‘ Well , you could put some shoes on . ’ |
| 2 | comes back and says when the teacher come , the teacher was there this time , urgh the showers are on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and then they all start chanting Geoffrey switched the showers on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and er , loads of them , not just him , a load of them did it , and he , he started to cry , and then that was it then were n't it , ooh tiny tears , tiny tears , ooh poofter , poofter , crying and all that I mean he had a right day with it , so he goes to school this morning in Geography and the every body in the class , the girls and every body were going tiny tears , tiny tears , and he said I just ignored it today he says I just took no notice he says , but they 're all going , how 's your tears Geoffrey , are we going to cry again today , he says and they were trying to get me to cry today he says , but I just took no notice and Stuart kept going like this Geoff and he says I just went so he , he did the same back and then he went Geoff and Geoffrey just went , I mean what you do ? , |
| 3 | Well most of them they saying are six contracts , now they say , say , six month contract or eight month contract or a three month contract , but I just had a couple that were like oh they could be a |
| 4 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 5 | ’ But you just cancelled the course to Fraxilly ! ’ |
| 6 | She do n't hear me , so I say it again , but she just unlocks the door and goes into her room . |
| 7 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 8 | I said , ‘ Do you think I should pipeclay my alligator shoes ? ’ but he just led the way into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 9 | ‘ Glastonbury 's nice , but he just has no sort of grip on what 's going on . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Talking of smokescreens , Victor — ‘ ' But he just blows a mouthful at me and jabs the end of his cigar into the fug . |
| 11 | I like the subject , and I like the composition and so on , but it just loses a bit because of the lack of sharpness so a five for that . |
| 12 | It 's not really stereo ; it 's the same signal coming through , but it just broadens the sound . |
| 13 | but it just knocked the cotton sticks out , just put the piece down , there 's no way I 'm gon na do this , so it does n't matter does it ? |