Example sentences of "[pers pn] just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just a minute , because I 've got the same feeling . |
| 2 | Oh I think I just a can of beer or cider , fuck Mark the wind 's killing me . |
| 3 | Yeah on the pensions one er are we a page missing or am I just a page missing ? |
| 4 | But most of us experience periods of low self-esteem at different times and some — particularly If they have been unhappy in their early life — seem to be permanently stuck with such a poor impression of themselves and their own worth that ‘ self-esteem ’ is to them just a word which applies to other people more fortunate than themselves . |
| 5 | When I parted them just a moment ago , the light outside was still very pale and something of a mist was affecting my view of the baker 's shop and chemist 's opposite . |
| 6 | In previous years I have n't had a class on the and I thought I had one this year as an experiment and er , pardon me just a second hello yes , that was a little annoying to say the least , cos those students have come in specially for that , yeah , yeah yeah yeah yeah right Oh dear right certainly not well , would it be easier to show them in my office , that 's seven , seven , seven ? |
| 7 | If you give me just a second … a second or two … just … ’ |
| 8 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 9 | Olga took a room for me just a mile north of Park Terrace — but in another world , the world of rooming houses . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , you can pay me just a bit ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Please indulge me just a moment , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He glanced at his watch , became distracted : ‘ Forgive me just a moment — kitchen duties . |
| 13 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 14 | For , having barely embarked on their first Industrial Revolution , many Third World nations tend to regard their tribal peoples with the same antagonism which caused the " maturer " nations to extinguish theirs just a century earlier . |
| 15 | Are you just a cabbage ? he wondered — brain-dead ? or are you trying to warn us about something ? |
| 16 | Lot number twenty twenty is a quantity of stands there we are , we 've got a sample showing for you just a sample showing fifty for the lot the whole lot there for fifty pounds at fifty pounds want them for fifty pounds thank you sir , fifty pounds I 've got , at fifty five going on fifty five , sixty pounds , sixty five coming in sir ? |
| 17 | What you just a minute , is that is tomorrow afternoon your the birthday i the party or someone elses ? |
| 18 | Or is I come to you just a projection from the voice of the Enemy , saying to Frodo what he wants to hear , putting words in the mouth but not in the heart , creating ugly fictions as he does later with the phantasmal corpses of the Dead Marshes ? |
| 19 | OUR super EXCLUSIVE Wallchart features 14 of the terrible tearaways and the dramatic full-colour pictures give you just a hint of what it must be like to meet them in the ring . |
| 20 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 21 | So you had to have , in that day erm , about five men to cover one bus right the way through , can you just a moment . |
| 22 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 23 | Professor Kingsley was called and asked by prosecuting counsel , ‘ Are you just an expert on the word ‘ bollocks ’ ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Dipsomania ? ’ enquired Henry Tyler with interest , ‘ or is she just a clairvoyant ? ’ |
| 25 | Or are they just a crowd . |
| 26 | ‘ And do n't you fancy him just a jot ? ’ |
| 27 | Oh , sometimes it was irritating , even downright infuriating to look round and see him just a couple of paces away , but she only had to look into those dark eyes to feel that treacherous quiver of desire deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 28 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 29 | The fund of goodwill , of love even , which she had brought with her just a year ago , must be almost exhausted . |
| 30 | It had been intended , purely and simply , as an insult , but it had come out with just a hint of that genuine curiosity that so unexpectedly had afflicted her just a moment before . |