Example sentences of "just [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He just asked me to do it , and I felt like playing live again to keep my chops up . |
| 2 | ‘ And he just asked you to deliver them ? ’ |
| 3 | Just got him to give me a mint gasping for it |
| 4 | a voice came er , from the , the back of beyond and Keith said , oh he said Sheila has just reminded me to tell you that it was my idea . |
| 5 | It just needs you to sign it . |
| 6 | And then Ida 's rung to say that er our buyers have just rung him to say they 've a , got the cash , agreed and its all sorted out . |
| 7 | I do n't care about anything but being safe , she thought ; I believed I cared about Fand , but I do n't , I 'm too much of a coward — I just want her to save me , and then I do n't care what happens to her . |
| 8 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 9 | I just want you to judge her with a fuller picture at your disposal . |
| 10 | I just want you to leave it in . |
| 11 | ‘ Good , now I just want you to save me and yourself a lot of trouble by filling in this form for the Red Cross . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just want you to see it , ’ he said coolly . |
| 13 | I just want you to tell me what happened to them again . ’ |
| 14 | No , but I just want you to tell me . |
| 15 | His name is Peter Davenport and it just amazed me to watch him . ’ |
| 16 | Dad , dad , Auntie has to go somewhere I do n't know where , but she just told me to call you cos it 's quarter past fifteen minutes past six or is it seven ? |
| 17 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I know he 's right — I just needed someone to tell me , ’ says Margaret . |
| 19 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 20 | ‘ But we 'd just like them to know we are as terribly unhappy as they are . ’ |
| 21 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 22 | Just saying something to pass it over ! |
| 23 | I was pretty sure I would , but I just needed something to give me an extra push . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've just hired someone to help you with the children , and I 've already laid on a cleaning lady . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure he 's just doing it to wind me up . ’ |
| 26 | Just ask him to ring me this evening , would you ? |
| 27 | Sanay just ask me to drive you into town , baby . ’ |
| 28 | My boyfriend has just asked me to marry him and we are just about to break the good news to our families . |
| 29 | But I never took it that seriously ; I just did it to do it . |
| 30 | Just pinching myself to check I 'm not dreaming ! |