Example sentences of "just [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 On both her outings Silk Slippers has thrust her attractive nose in front just where it matters and in so doing has established herself not merely as a valuable stud prospect , but an exciting candidate for next year 's 1,000 Guineas and Oaks .
2 Just that it looked as though he wanted me out of the way . ’
3 I step it up to the bar just so it looks like I 've got some goal in life .
4 So er just because it looks like seduction does n't mean it 's not abuse , I suppose that 's what I 'm saying in the in the in a nutshell .
5 Do n't become despondent just because it seems that your employer is keen to drive a hard bargain .
6 Not just because it enhances and enriches a relationship , but because there are positive medical advantages too .
7 Not just because it enhances and enriches a relationship , but because there are positive medical advantages too .
8 Unfortunately for Labour the Korean War by 1951 was having an adverse effect on the British economy and precipitated another balance of payments of crisis just after it seemed that Britain could dispense with Marshall Aid .
9 His statement hung like an arrow in the air , just before it turns and begins its fatal descent .
10 Once the Tunnel opens — or maybe just before it does and before the French realize what 's going on and think up a way to stop it — he 'll sell them for maybe a thousand times what he 's paying for them now . ’
11 Certainly , as Abraham set out to offer Isaac as a sacrifice in the way God had commanded him , his faith was flying blind in its implicit obedience , just as it had when he set out from Ur for a country which he had never seen .
12 So far , the British Electric Traction Co. had held all the capital and completely controlled the expenditure and policy of the South Metropolitan undertaking , just as it had when it worked the Corporation system .
13 Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth .
14 Just as it seemed that they may be some sort of communication , the wind grew stronger and all went awry , the sky momentarily clearing , the celestial blue briefly highlighting the monochrome grey .
15 Sweetman crowed with laughter , but too soon , for , just as it seemed as though Ellen 's gesture had indeed collapsed into an ignominious anti-climax , the extinguisher first coughed , then spat a vicious deluge of white muck that fanned from the flared nozzle to splatter spectacularly against Sweetman 's chest .
16 Just as it looked as though he was going to be " bridesmaid " again in 1986m he emerged from a tense season as champion for a third time , but it was not resolved until the very last race of the season once more .
17 Look through the south door to the garden and there , across the moat , the formal garden of yews and allées stretches towards the downs just as it did when it was first laid out .
18 The ground floor consisted of a key-cutter 's stall and some small shops , just as it did when Abu Khadra knew it .
19 The game from that period looks just as it did when the original agreement was concluded — because of the infinite horizon assumption every subgame is identical to the original game — and so if it was in the firms ' interests to negotiate that agreement initially it will be in their interests now to renegotiate that agreement .
20 Just as it appeared that political compromise would prevail , both Mr Yeltsin and Mr Kravchuk have allowed nationalists in their camp to take the initiative , partly to divert attention from domestic troubles .
21 Just when it looked like the proverbial music centre was to disappear out the front door and into the sheriff 's van , Rough managed to contact his solicitors who paid the £250 Rough owed to an Edinburgh Sports Company .
22 Just when it looked as though Holligan would struggle , while being watched by his world featherweight champion pal Paul Hodkinson , he pulled out the big one .
23 Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago .
24 But just when it seemed that the former were to disappear up a one-club road to exclusive excellence , along came Newport and beat them to mark the first real return on all the investment at Rodney Parade .
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