Example sentences of "just [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However it just so happens the last time an election was n't on a Thursday was in er I think it was nineteen thirty one when it was held on a Tuesday . |
| 2 | To hold the central rate steady in real terms ( thus maintaining competitiveness and , it follows , a financeable current-account position ) , it must be devalued in nominal terms — just enough to offset the inflation-rate differential . |
| 3 | The cuts do not have to be deep , just enough to enable the two lapel corners to be lifted with the thin wedge end of the knife handle to reveal the green cambium layer beneath . |
| 4 | Clacton 's top angler was Vic Claydon with 8oz , just enough to win the Conbac Cup . |
| 5 | In the end I had got just enough to make the short film , but it did n't tell the story I had hoped to tell , and I was angered by my subject 's persecution — by the way the whole species was treated . |
| 6 | Just like to ask the hundred women here , we have the Chippendales , and we have the men from Texas now we always hear that they 're sell-outs , you know |
| 7 | Basically if the band stays together then we 'll just still know the same people because |
| 8 | I just always remember the sad spectacle of him floundering against Sharpe ( or was it Giggs ) in that semi . |
| 9 | Oh that was just always called the little house . |
| 10 | Even though we want the judgements of young doctors to be securely based on the evidence , we want to feel that they have not just assiduously acquired the necessary knowledge , but also have immediate first-hand understanding of it in practice , having conducted patient examinations , observed relevant operations , and so forth . |
| 11 | The blurred , poky , and inadequate black and white illustrations will just about serve the devoted collector but will not make new converts . |
| 12 | Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips , she was very unsteady . |
| 13 | The Gestapo was just about running the Communist party by 1944 , but to do that they 'd have to let some small fry run free , and from their point of view the Eismarks would be very small indeed . |
| 14 | As Jonathan Martin , the BBC head of sport , put it : ‘ It 's not just about having the biggest cheque on the table . |
| 15 | One can just about imagine the monstrous labours of the eventual demolition ( centuries away , long after my time ) , and the eventual creation of the pleasant land — the green , the promised . |
| 16 | The roofing felt was eventually fixed with a gallon of disgusting adhesive and half a pound of nails , which just about completed the major work , everything else could be classified as ‘ off jobs ’ to finish off . |
| 17 | I looked up just now to acknowledge the Hon. Member for Dumfries , but , of course , it was a futile gesture because once again , there is not a solitary Conservative Member of the Standing Committee present other than the Minister and the Whip . |
| 18 | And only two amazing misses , one of those candidly coming er just before scored the second Notts goal , with a headed chance headed wide when er had come and missed it , and when on forty four minutes on the watch but not a minute before the end of half time if you get the meaning because we had that long period of extra time , er missed the chance completely , he 'd made the er Pisa goal brilliantly with a cross from the right hand side , deep cross , pulled back brilliantly , but left with a chance , the number eleven in front of the post , well what was he doing ? again had come and again he 'd missed it and left with an open goal was wide of the target . |
| 19 | Just beyond rose the tapering chimneys and the clumsy black headstocks of Brinsley Colliery ( 8 ) . |
| 20 | Having attended a trial or two in my time , and having kept an eye on the changing standard of juries , police , barristers and judges , I am convinced that if hanging were reintroduced , they would not just occasionally hang the wrong person , but do it pretty well every time . |
| 21 | " I know you 're a faggot and everything but I 'll tell you what the problem is : you just never met the right guy . |
| 22 | Er , I used not to do that , I used to put everything in one list , and then my home telephone was cut off one time , er , because I just never regarded the personal things as being terribly important until , you know , I do n't have to pay well over a hundred quid to get the thing fixed again . |