Example sentences of "[coord] i just [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 5 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again . |