Example sentences of "i just [vb past] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ . |
| 2 | Yes , he took a deflection off erm Andy Melville , I think he was going for his second , and erm I just managed to you know , just get down to my left and just keep it there , and it just sort of stuck so I was pleased with that . |
| 3 | ‘ I pushed the pram to the top of the street I was afraid they were following me but when I looked round there was nobody there so I just ran to my mum 's . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I grew up when that kind of modernism was running rampant — it still is — when to be a respectable composer meant that you had to acquire a defiantly difficult style and I just said to myself , ‘ surely there 's another way to do this ? ’ |
| 5 | I just said to myself ‘ Do n't let the bastard wear you down . |
| 6 | ‘ I just said to her , ‘ You throw away what you do n't like , I do n't care ’ . |
| 7 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 8 | I just said to her , you know , just tell them |
| 9 | I sa , I said I just went I just said to her look Hannah you do n't have to come in the car ! |
| 10 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 11 | You know she said I just said to her oh how 's Jimmy sort of thing and she said he 's alright . |
| 12 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |
| 13 | She said , about next door , cos I just said to her it 's private it 's been bought . |
| 14 | His eyes were open and seemed to be focusing pretty well , I just said to him , ‘ Hang on in there , Lester ’ — and he seemed to take it in . ’ |
| 15 | cos what I , I just said to him I said look , I says a er sometimes I says it 's an awkward time drop for us . |
| 16 | I erm I just said to him |
| 17 | I , I just said to him , when he said we 've got these census point ahead I said well we 've got certain restrictions , you know , we 've certain rules and regulations we 've got ta comply with I mean I did n't reel off any of this blah . |
| 18 | toilet , in Bon 's , in Dan 's loo at Bon 's party cos I 'm going round going oh no no no no I 'll give you a fiver for it I went I really do n't want to sell and in the end like I just said to him look just fuck off , you know cos like he was just persistent |
| 19 | Well I , we 'd finished lunch and erm he , he , er I just said to him , what would you like ? |
| 20 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 21 | I just said to my hubby this morning , I said , ‘ The sooner its the Sixth of January and we 've got a they decorations back up the loft and poked all they clogged-up pine needles out the Hoover tube with a Knitting needle and its back to auld claes and parritch the better pleased I 'll be . ’ |
| 22 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 23 | I have n't got their addresses because I just listened to what she told me . |
| 24 | ‘ No , I just listened to it . |
| 25 | ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’ |
| 26 | He said ‘ I just turned to him and what I said . |
| 27 | ‘ Manchester 's best kept secret ’ is one current fave , though The Word 's Terry Christian , fatuous even by his own lofty standards , referred to them as ‘ Manchester 's best psychedelic band ’ ; the memory of which grieves Martin still ( ‘ I just turned to our guitarist and said ‘ What the f— is he talking about ? ’ ’ |
| 28 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |