Example sentences of "[pers pn] just [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , she just sounds a bit grot ! |
| 2 | But I also seem to remember rows , and Motherdear going on and on and on — she has that way , you know : she just gets a subject , and worries it to death and beyond , never giving up , like a dog with a dirty old carcass . |
| 3 | I like the subject , and I like the composition and so on , but it just loses a bit because of the lack of sharpness so a five for that . |
| 4 | They get you in individually , and sort of reveal embarrassing personal stories , and there 's , I mean it just becomes a battleground , your house for , for the weekend . |
| 5 | ‘ When you 've got targets and incentives it just becomes a family planning programme and not much more than that ’ Tricia Parker , Oxfam Bangladesh |
| 6 | No it 's just the plant , it 's just like it just produces a gold kind of coloured dye . |
| 7 | It just takes a smile or a joke , and Kriss Akabusi has won them round . |
| 8 | The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days . |
| 9 | If one bit of the brook is cleared and not the rest it just creates a problem somewhere else . |
| 10 | But for the poor , food is always functional : " It just fills a hole does n't it ? " said one single mother , " I ca n't stand watching television because it depresses me , there 's always food on . " |
| 11 | It just says a cooker point . |
| 12 | I hope The Buddha of Suburbia does n't say anything at all : it just tells a story about growing up . ’ |
| 13 | It just seems a pity . ’ |
| 14 | a lot of the lab work done here anyway , everyone knows what the results should be , it just seems a waste of time because you know the equipment 's not good enough to get the results you should be getting , so you spend most of your time writing why your results have n't come out . |
| 15 | Well , it it just gives a framework , with that relieve that problem . |
| 16 | But my ankle 's fine , it just aches a bit , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , it just aches a lot , ’ she said . |
| 18 | This column supports no party : it just has a option for the poor — in heart , spirit , wealth or opportunity . |
| 19 | I think it just needs a bit of |
| 20 | It , it just needs a character really , just to keep it going . |
| 21 | I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) . |
| 22 | See he does n't really want much brown on him he just needs a coat . |
| 23 | I bet he just runs a comb through . |
| 24 | Except he does n't hear those words precisely , he just has a feeling — the emotional impact of an unsteady self-image ; unsettled at a formative stage by ridicule and embarrassment . |
| 25 | ‘ Talking of smokescreens , Victor — ‘ ' But he just blows a mouthful at me and jabs the end of his cigar into the fug . |
| 26 | ‘ He just makes a mockery of those who write players off at 32 or say the Premier League is for young athletes . |