Example sentences of "she [vb past] just [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 2 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 3 | she 'd gone out , she 'd just slipped out with Alice for something |
| 4 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 5 | She looked as stunningly elegant , as poised and assured — because even her slight nervousness seemed professional — as if she had just stepped out of a cabine at Dior . |
| 6 | Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping . |
| 7 | It was Dinah , with her arms full of packages ; she had just come out of a cab . |
| 8 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 9 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 10 | Agnes had taken a smaller one ; she had just got back from her service 's registry . |
| 11 | She looked as if she had just got out of bed , and McLeish had a sudden vision of a dark basement flat with greasy mugs on every surface . |
| 12 | Her hair was black and thick and looked tangled , as though she had just got out of bed and not brushed it . |
| 13 | It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him . |
| 14 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 15 | Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea . |
| 16 | She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it . |