Example sentences of "[verb] back just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy came back just before I sold the house in Dwyer Street and saw her when she was a baby . |
| 2 | He came back just as we were finishing the test . |
| 3 | When the main party flew out yesterday it was joined by girlfriends and trip sponsors who will accompany the climbers on a ‘ support ’ trek before turning back just before the serious work begins . |
| 4 | One after the other , the bubbles plop and the rough edges sizzle back just like they 're being eaten away by invisible acid . |
| 5 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 6 | I can not understand why riders are holding back just when the sport needs them most . |
| 7 | And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been . |
| 8 | The Americans do it much better having Thanksgiving to space it out so they only have a month of Christmas though they do seem to let their elections creep back just as we do with football … ’ |
| 9 | He would have to cut back just when spending might be most needed . |
| 10 | It would n't be fair for such a player — who could do much for the balance of the side as a genuine all-rounder — to be held back just because there was an ageing geriatric hanging around , trying to prolong his playing days . |