Example sentences of "they just " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just tell them to go out an' get more money , do n't they ? |
| 2 | ‘ I was one of their less incandescent members of staff — they just about kicked me out actually . ’ |
| 3 | Were they ever professional , boy , did they ever work hard , well , did n't they just talk and work as if that melodrama of near separation had never happened . |
| 4 | In Les Patineurs they just spin happily in the snow . |
| 5 | But for many , the idea of selling those treasured pieces at a major sale has never crossed their mind ; either that , or they just do n't know how to do so . |
| 6 | No matter how much they eat of their current food , they just ca n't get enough energy from it . |
| 7 | The problem is they do n't shout about it — they just get on with it ! |
| 8 | ‘ They just wanted me to swallow it hook , line and sinker , ’ a disillusioned student said . |
| 9 | The big traders were so supine , they just caved in after one letter . ’ |
| 10 | What are called ‘ proofs for the existence of God ’ are not attempts to show that there must be a divine kind of thing ( we have no concept of a divine kind of thing ) , they just seek to show that if and when all other questions were answered we would still be left with this mystery : and this is what we shall call ‘ God ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ They just collapse , ’ he said , leaning against his winning pumpkin , which looked like something run up for a stage set . |
| 12 | ‘ People are paranoid — they just want to keep the problem under control so they do n't get robbed by juvenile delinquents , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I only had about two inches of rectum left , and they said cancer was a possibility , so they just took it all out . |
| 14 | The Rugby Union is oblivious to us ; they mean well but they just do n't realise what 's going on up here . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ These deals have slowly been finding out that they just ca n't get financing , ’ said William Lefebvre , a market analyst with New York 's Advest group . |
| 16 | They did n't ask for any money , they just wanted a good royalty and help with promotion . |
| 17 | I found myself thinking , ‘ old piano players never die , they just fade away . ’ |
| 18 | It appeared piecemeal because — despite the takings of a Saturday — they just did n't have the finance to cover that kind of operation . |
| 19 | Why , he asks , do n't they just pour the water on the floor and machine-gun it ? |
| 20 | Surely here , with day-long sunshine , there is no need for so many , and surely they just add to heat and water losses ? |
| 21 | But when he did they showed no interest at all , they just said the officer concerned was not there . |
| 22 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 23 | They do n't see me , so they just carry on , real friendly and private like . |
| 24 | I 'm standing there watching them , and then suddenly they just walk off . |
| 25 | Anyhow , they just went . |
| 26 | I can see the lights from a couple of shops at the end of the driveway , but they ai n't open I think — they just got their lights on . |
| 27 | They just chuck it on the floor . |
| 28 | They just look like bits of black glass . |
| 29 | They just went in head first and was swallowed up in the road . |
| 30 | They just go up and down , up and down and never stop . |