Example sentences of "[pers pn] just [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You need to understand that I have , as we watch the RAF a beautiful aeroplane , er Colonel and I just exchanged a thought on it . |
2 | I just prefer a bit of real action . |
3 | ‘ I just heard a whoosh and then he was on fire , ’ said 19-year-old Mr Nellis , of Conway Drive , Thorntree , Middlesbrough . |
4 | I just heard a bang . |
5 | The first time I just heard a sort of brassy actor 's voice with a bit of Northern in it , so I apologized and said it was a wrong number . |
6 | I think I just heard a car door shut do you wan na go and open the front door for him ? |
7 | I just asked a question . |
8 | I just asked a question . |
9 | I just asked a question . |
10 | I think I just asked a lot of impertinent questions . |
11 | I just felt a bit faint . |
12 | " I 'm fine — I just felt a bit sleepy and chilly , that was why I went to bed so early . " |
13 | And she 'd been glumly aware that her quick retort , ‘ I 'm not — I just felt a bit cold for a moment , ’ had sounded remarkably unconvincing . |
14 | I just fancy a biscuit |
15 | I just fancy a bit of stewing beef |
16 | I just had a bit of my Sunday joint left over , ’ said Ianthe apologetically . |
17 | that we had that like a little sitting room , I just had a settee in there and a couple of chairs , it was lovely and cosy in there |
18 | ‘ I just had a go at everything . |
19 | So then I just had a drive round all the sites . |
20 | Well according to the er Express I just had a look at , they reckon it 's on but for about half the original sum . |
21 | No , I ju I just had a look at that I could n't do anything . |
22 | ‘ Like , you 're the kind of person I 'd like to talk to if I just had a fight with my girlfriend or was in trouble with the law or something . ’ |
23 | I thought I just had a voice . ’ |
24 | I was rather late back , when I got back I heard a knock on my bedroom door and she said it 's Miss and er I said , oh come in , I undid the door and she came in and er and so she said to me er , I just had a telephone message from Peel er to say that you have been subpoenaed to go the Police Court next Thursday and I said what a day out of my holiday and she said , well I 'm sorry but you 'll have to go . |
25 | I just had a man round here declaring eternal love . |
26 | I thought if I just had a man who had a yacht and he had a rolls royce and a yacht . |
27 | Well most of them they saying are six contracts , now they say , say , six month contract or eight month contract or a three month contract , but I just had a couple that were like oh they could be a |
28 | It is not really because I was just Noel and I just had a chat this morning . |
29 | I just had a chat with Christine . |
30 | No I just had a thought because there must be stacks of old grave gravestones around . |