Example sentences of "they [vb mod] just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They 'll just spoil the river if they demand licences — lots of groups who use the river wo n't be able to pay .
2 No they wo n't , they 'll just hear the tone , tone
3 I think they 'll just buy a strip anyway .
4 The adventurers can just take the damage and shut the door behind them ; the puppets wo n't follow , they 'll just hurl a torrent of abuse at the cowardly adventurers .
5 Women seem fearful of becoming too friendly with a single mother ; fearful that if they spend too much time with her , they might just get a taste for something that is denied them .
6 On the far bank they might just discern the silhouette of a straining horse on the tow-path ; from nearby they might just hear a discreet splosh as the eel-fishermen cast off and slipped out into the stream .
7 They could just follow the truck ; after all the hijackers have to stop sometime . ’
8 On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt .
9 Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window .
10 They would n't be bothered about chasing a boy like Kevin — they would just grab the stuff they wanted and then run away .
11 If they would just cooperate a bit .
12 erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it !
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