Example sentences of "you [verb] just [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyone would think you 'd just received a death sentence . |
| 2 | if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance . |
| 3 | And you 'd just had a plastic cold just the favourite because for our Martine and pull her along in it . |
| 4 | But there are all sorts of reasons why we do n't get that news , one guy said well if we wanted to do it I know if we wanted to make the news that , according to the level of human suffering we 'd start off with Ethiopia then we 'd have the Kurdish problem and you know just made a living of disaster areas around the world , he said we might of finished up with a light hearted discussion on the poll tax , you know as the , as the light , the lightener at the end of the news if you like , and our , what news we receive here depends on our perception of the world , but mainly it 's the other way round our perception of the world is , is what , you know what it , or rather the news that we get actually manufactures our perception of the world . |
| 5 | Well , you 've just said a word , it costs three hundred pounds ! |
| 6 | You 've just gone a lot quieter |
| 7 | The question begs , you have to say , How come when you 've just retarmacked a road That 's right , electricity board , gas , erm cable T V company ? |
| 8 | He rates the rush he gets from Ecstasy very highly : ‘ It 's like you 've just scored a goal in a football match for three hours . ’ |
| 9 | He recalls that in 1981 , when he ‘ crossed over ’ to become the first , and so far only , sports writer ever to win the ‘ Journalist of the Year ’ Award , Colin Hart , a sports columnist with the Sun , approached him and said ‘ Congratulations Hughie , you 've just struck a blow for the Toy Department ! ’ |
| 10 | Charles was all welcoming smiles , ‘ You 've just missed a board meeting , old man . |
| 11 | You 've just done a TV series and book about the history of climbing . |
| 12 | If you 've just done a 12-mile ridge-walk then I 'm sure nothing will be further from your thoughts , but if you plan a weekend away with a person you 've fancied for ages and somehow end up heading for a bothy , unless you are totally alone any thought of a fumble in the sleeping-bag should be out of the question . |
| 13 | Hang on hang on you 've just written a quarter you said four twelfths . |
| 14 | Now , if you can be reasonably precise , erm careful , about what the procedure to be followed is , you 've just written a program . |
| 15 | you 've just finished a course of antibiotics , have n't you ? |
| 16 | So you 've just got a curtain round it ? |
| 17 | Trevor with respect you 've just wasted a hell of a lot of time for you and me have n't you ? |
| 18 | you 've just bought a car or you 've got a car you can take it and the police look over it to see if it 's alright . |
| 19 | And you 've just bought a house . |
| 20 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 21 | As for ‘ bookmatched ’ , well … imagine you 've just lifted a book from a library shelf . |
| 22 | you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ? |
| 23 | ‘ And you 've just had a holiday . ’ |
| 24 | Well you can go on wanting you 've just had a biscuit piglet . |
| 25 | No you ca n't my darling , you 've just had a piece of |
| 26 | So I said well it 's only when you 've just had a baby like , you know , like cows . |
| 27 | But , anyway , if you had just killed a man and taken his pocket-book , would you quietly go through it there ? |
| 28 | Particularly if you had just had a row with your wife , and rather suspected that you were in the wrong . |
| 29 | It is natural to find sleeping difficult if you have just suffered a bereavement or you are experiencing difficulties in a close relationship . |
| 30 | If you have just missed a limitation period do not panic , get a second opinion , and keep your firm and your insurers informed . |