Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] 'd just [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently he was a bit worried , so I said — oh , it sounds silly — that we 'd only just got back , that I 'd just sat down … . ’ |
| 2 | Brilliant , I said , pretending that I 'd just got in . |
| 3 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd been waiting outside his office for the best part of three hours when his secretary came to tell her that he 'd just phoned in . |
| 5 | The next day I was walking to work and I 'd just got as far as the hospital . |
| 6 | And I 'd just got in at about oh half three . |
| 7 | The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under . |
| 8 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 9 | And I and I run to the door and you 'd just drove off . |
| 10 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 11 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 12 | stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and . |
| 13 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
| 14 | They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something . |
| 15 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 16 | Only another one thousand and ninety four days , twenty three hours and — ‘ So , what brings you here ? ’ asked Pete , like they 'd just met socially . |
| 17 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 18 | Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath . |
| 19 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 20 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 21 | My head shook as though I 'd just knocked back some hundred-proof whisky . |
| 22 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 23 | He was in pain when he 'd just got here . |
| 24 | Louis looked as though he 'd just got up off the ground after being knocked out in a fight . |