Example sentences of "[conj] i just [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ?
2 The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse .
3 ‘ I pushed the pram to the top of the street I was afraid they were following me but when I looked round there was nobody there so I just ran to my mum 's . ’
4 ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ .
5 So I got very , very depressed about it all and I just said to the officers , ‘ Put me in my cell and leave me alone .
6 ‘ I grew up when that kind of modernism was running rampant — it still is — when to be a respectable composer meant that you had to acquire a defiantly difficult style and I just said to myself , ‘ surely there 's another way to do this ? ’
7 And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’
8 Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ?
9 I want at least five and I just wanted to erm establish that with one or two other people who er presently attend the tourism meetings are invited as required , rather than to every meeting .
10 They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time .
11 She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around .
12 They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him .
13 She said , about next door , cos I just said to her it 's private it 's been bought .
14 And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’
15 near , well not quite seven so I mean I do n't have to do a lot but I just liked to er take my time and you know
16 Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on .
17 But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again .
18 I have n't got their addresses because I just listened to what she told me .
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