Example sentences of "just [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold .
2 When trading in or throwing away an old " fridge " try to make sure that it is not going to be just broken up without the CFC gas being properly collected first .
3 Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield .
4 I woke up after an hour or so , and just leaned out of the window looking at the half-empty Main Street .
5 He said : ‘ The delivery came very quickly and so suddenly Mrs Busuttil 's recollection is the baby just fell out onto the table or whatever it was she was lying on . ’
6 Decor in the aquarium was to consist of plastic plants of Jungle Vallis and Amazon Swordplants , the Vallis going around the edges of the aquarium along with small Amazon Swords with a large one as a centre piece just placed slightly to the left of the centre .
7 Just propped lazily against the edge of her desk , long brown legs crossed at the ankles , watching her with that cool , speculative expression in his eyes , he had the ability to make her insides seize up .
8 Owner Stewart Tarratt said : ‘ There were several burglaries that night and I think the thief just stopped here for a meal break . ’
9 ‘ He 's apparently just flown halfway round the world to tell you he loves you . ’
10 In fact , I 've just flown back from the States today , and you 'll be glad to hear that the doctors assured me that Liz and Owen are on the road to a full recovery . ’
11 The way the ground just curled up at the edges until you lost sight of it , we could n't have crept up on a hunk of soya . ’
12 Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny .
13 She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute .
14 They were just dropped out of a union , it just happens the one we 're quite friendly with at the moment .
15 Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude .
16 that I 've just picked up off the here .
17 It just lifted the roofing from the base of the stack and hen houses just scattered all over the place .
18 I 've just sat down on a hairbrush ! ’
19 I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom .
20 Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar .
21 Well you know , she was just sat there in the chair and they said that they
22 ‘ He must have powerful friends , ’ said Georgiades , who had just limped in off the streets ; not injured but footsore .
23 Work is always just carried on with the dust samples fiddled .
24 He said he just carried on in the same direction .
25 ‘ Actually they 're meat and coconut , just mixed together with a touch of coriander .
26 It must have been legal , ’ said the Archdeacon , who had just caught up with the conversation .
27 I asked several times but eventually was just caught up in the crowds . ’
28 A Dessie Edgar corner was neatly side-footed home in 79 minutes by Victor Welch who had just come on as a sub .
29 Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market .
30 Let's say you receive a call in your boss ' office , on your boss ' phone , it 's just come through to the wrong one .
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