Example sentences of "[verb] but [pron] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights went yellow as he approached but he just managed to squeeze through , to a chorus of horn blasts . |
| 2 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 3 | I was bleeding but I just tried to hide it because it was a terribly busy time . ’ |
| 4 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 5 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 6 | His body seemed to swell and distort but he just stood there . |
| 7 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 8 | you do n't expect to die but you just cover every |
| 9 | I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more . |
| 10 | You see David , what he 's saying to your dad this morning , let's get a meeting and go but I just feel that , I just , what 's the point of going for an argument . |
| 11 | But I warned my children completely off teaching so none of them even contemplated , well they did contemplate , two of them did but I just told them no , not to countenance it |
| 12 | Not that I mind but it just means things like painting and decorating what you looking |
| 13 | Beasant said : ‘ I thought I had it covered but it just crept through my finger-tips . ’ |
| 14 | But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it . |
| 15 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 16 | And we 've got technology there that we could perhaps use and export but we just leave it alone . |