Example sentences of "him just " in BNC.
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| 1 | He begins to read , beautifully , lyrically , with heartfelt empathy , a poem by Wole Soyinka in which the poet tried to rent a room in London in the 1950s , and the landladies on the telephone ask him just precisely how black he is . |
| 2 | His espousal of Blast closed to him just those doors that were on the point of opening ; and twenty years later , when he desperately wanted such access to the power-wielding centres of society , he was condemned to the world of fantasy in which he thought he could influence United States policy by way of such unlikely intermediaries as Senators Borah and Bankhead , and Italian policy by way of Ubaldo degli Uberti . |
| 3 | And these negotiations are mostly conducted in a tone of high comedy ; after 1930 Pound 's anger is virtually monopolized by Roosevelt 's USA , and English culture is for him just something that he ca n't take seriously . |
| 4 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 5 | It was Goscinny who suggested changes until we got him just right . ’ |
| 6 | It has taken him just five and a half years to make his mark in the big time . |
| 7 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |
| 8 | Presumably Camb 's going to try and get her to tell him just why a seasoned driver like Fanshawe overturned his car on an empty road . |
| 9 | He lay back by the open window with his eyes closed and the warm breathless air came to him just as in another cooler season heat fanned from the grid lower down the wall . |
| 10 | Not many viewers can have realised that this was a deft parody of the catastrophic visit of Mike 's ‘ uni-mates ’ a week or so ago that ended in Bron cruelly dumping him just before his psychology exam . |
| 11 | It took him just five hours , included 29 fours , and took him past 4,000 Test runs ( a milestone Botham had passed earlier in the game ) . |
| 12 | I was happy with him just as he was , without affectation . |
| 13 | This must be him just coming in through the side door . |
| 14 | I begged him just to let me see her . |
| 15 | ‘ Ought n't we to give him just five minutes ? ’ |
| 16 | But Fidway 's Cheltenham supporters can also claim a little bad luck — the winner Royal Gait bumped him just after the final flight . |
| 17 | The English girl was efficient and brought him just the right touch of warmth . |
| 18 | It exploded inside him just as the last notes of his symphony died away . |
| 19 | ‘ I can slip it to him just before ‘ Question Time ’ when I do my check up , ’ said Matron . |
| 20 | ‘ But we do n't want him just to put them into a cupboard ? ’ |
| 21 | Lachlan did n't need him just now , anyway . |
| 22 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 23 | The managing director is paid top market rates for the job but the dynamic American parent company has given him just one warning : ‘ If your employees strike , you 're fired . ’ |
| 24 | For weeks it would go on like this and then suddenly one day you would notice him just lying in the sun instead of studying his map , or reading a novel instead of his German grammar . |
| 25 | It is more likely to increase his anger and feelings of rejection , just when what he needs is reassurance that you will still love him just as much . |
| 26 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 27 | Yes , I told the King of imminent danger but , given the way he charged round his kingdom in the dead of night , even the court fool could have warned him just as accurately . ’ |
| 28 | It 's difficult to get across to those who did n't know him just how outlandish this idea seemed . |
| 29 | I went and said to the girl at reception , ‘ Tell Vern I 'll be waiting for him just out there , will you ? ’ and swung my bag casually as I wandered down the drive . |
| 30 | You can place him just where you want him . ’ |