Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] just [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Well indigestion , it was terrible pains down my chest just as though you 'd swallowed glass and every now and again it would sort of stab at you . |
2 | George moved to stand on my foot just as Katy discovered a pound coin and Christopher yelled it was his . |
3 | Then ‘ I 've got you under my skin just as you 're getting me outta your system ’ . |
4 | I made my decision just before I left for Australia . |
5 | ‘ I 've written off my car just because of a spider , ’ Stephanie groaned yesterday . |
6 | It was just brought to my attention just before I came down . |
7 | I grabbed at my towel just before it slipped . |
8 | ‘ I 've lost my job just because Jason Prior was frightened I might get the chance to take over his fairly soon . |
9 | It was a real drag to find them handcuffed behind my back just when I needed them most , I can tell you . |
10 | Although , in years to come , these might prove to be of social interest , many such letters refer only to domestic and personal trivia and , having personally recently discovered a letter written to me over 30 years ago by my wife just before we were married , I would not want this to be read by anyone else at all . |
11 | Well last time I was in er Dublin I er went from the pub straight to the airport and someone stuck a bottle of whiskey in my pocket just as I was going through customs , I did n't believe it could happen but it happened in Ireland . |
12 | ‘ Shit , ’ I said to myself , and put my hand under my chin just as Paul , after a quick glance in my direction , started to attack the nose of the bomb . |
13 | I finishes my cuppa just before the train is due . |
14 | ‘ Just the one ? ’ he asked easily , taking up her case just as she reached for it . |
15 | The female eider duck is abandoned by her drake just as soon as she starts incubating the eggs . |
16 | If it looks and feels good they should n't drastically change their hair just because everyone else has . |
17 | Talking of which , ’ she glanced at her watch just as the phone rang , ‘ I should n't be here . ’ |
18 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |
19 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
20 | Perhaps some forgiving souls might protest that former East German athletes had faced a particular difficulty in giving up the bad habits imposed on them by the success-seeking machine of the old Communist regime , and that it would be unfair virtually to close off their future just because they had n't yet properly learned another way of doing things . |
21 | ‘ Grimwood reports Newman did arrive and spoilt their act just as they 'd got Lennox to agree to sign . |
22 | The income did not change its nature just because the trustees took their expenses from the same . |
23 | The Bank repeated its intervention just as the New York markets opened during the European lunchtime to signal that it did not want the American markets , closed since Friday night , to push the pound down further . |
24 | Flavia longed to go back and slip into her place just as the soup was brought and hear them telling about Loulou 's day . |
25 | He even went into her cage just after she gave birth . |
26 | We generally got to their place just as they were finishing breakfast . |
27 | The girl yawned and rubbed the back of her head just as the wind of Jezrael 's exit ruffled the yellow curls . |
28 | The wicked sisters of this now nightmarish fairy-tale can feel no pity nor respect for their father just as he can muster no sense of true love . |
29 | He 'd probably be on his way across the Channel now and waiting outside her flat just as she got home from work . |
30 | All the stars in the galaxy are slowly moving around its centre just as the planets move around the Sun , taking some 200 million years — a ‘ galactic year ’ — to make a full circuit . |