Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 2 | And this man came to the door , and he went to get the hold belt , that should just have a tape recorder on conversation just throughout the week so it 's getting all sorts of rubbish going in there , |
| 3 | But when they say that ‘ the agenda shifted on to health ’ , this may just mean ‘ Mr Kinnock talked a lot about health this morning ’ , or ‘ Mr Major tried to talk about taxes this morning , but we had that yesterday , so we kept asking him about health instead . ’ |
| 4 | He did that because they had not only annoying his neighbours , sorry , their neighbours , because he had once been one of our neighbours , but also they had damaged his house , and they had already cost him probably about two hundred pounds in repair bills until the house itself , broken doors , window erm the wall , and bit of the roof and so on , and there was every reason to believe that this would just carry on . |
| 5 | You will need to remove and discard the detachable lid , which is a feature of many cat litter trays , since this will just get in the way , and means that accidents are more likely to happen . |
| 6 | But this can just mean patchy regrowth , with bald patches , not the whole leg of hair disappearing . |
| 7 | That 'll just mean |
| 8 | because then well that 'll just do service from there , but the only trouble about that is that . |
| 9 | There 's all , so that 'll just stay there ! |
| 10 | Not worrying about it too much because that 'll just make it worse . |
| 11 | That 'll just slide off the string , that big one . |
| 12 | That 'll just cancel that . |
| 13 | that 'll just wipe it off |
| 14 | Oh no , that 'll just shut down the gain and this |
| 15 | I think you press backspace so that 'll just take it to the end and then if you press again no it 's just gon na delete |
| 16 | I have n't got any , they wo , I could n't get any fresh parsley so I thought that might just give it a bit of colour , but I 've got dried parsley if you 'd rather use that . |
| 17 | I am sure I would have gone to the Crusades and done my bit , although that might just have been the racist in me or my natural desire to loot . |
| 18 | Now , part of that might just have purely the ritual that 's associated with things like coronations and investitures , but surely if people had felt so strongly about it they would n't have turned out in such numbers , er to support her . |
| 19 | But you see something like that might just appeal to somebody , an embroidered picture . |
| 20 | Sure , that might just come in very handy . ’ |
| 21 | Now I say amazing let's just see where he got his winners . |
| 22 | screen that 'd just shut it off . |
| 23 | ‘ That could just refer to me , ’ Lucien said . |
| 24 | Erm , as I said it was n't me that phoned originally , my guess is that there may be somebody else at the school who is trying to contact you , but while you 're on the line , let's just make a little let's just make a little date . |
| 25 | Coming on all awed and respectful would just put the wind up her . |
| 26 | A character making a successful test against one-half his I can just manage to brace himself and avoid falling down , but you have to roll the tests from the top ( front of the party ) down . |
| 27 | That would just leave time for the necessary visas to be obtained . |
| 28 | Jose explained that the scissors were n't for pruning the tree , cos that would just make it stronger . |
| 29 | Nor can he afford to cut interest rates to American or Japanese levels to stimulate recovery , as that would just provide a one-way bet against sterling with all the attendant risks for inflation . |
| 30 | Yeah , but that would just knot onto your hair as well . |