Example sentences of "he [modal v] just [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does that yeah does th that mean that if he 's say h he 's taunted about his race he sh he should just turn the other cheek and have a stiff upper lip ? |
| 2 | If we blow Sorley he 'll just sell the van and do a runner . ’ |
| 3 | He admits he might just prefer a boy but does n't really care ‘ as long as everything 's all right . ’ |
| 4 | The Tree has some pretty weird ideas about religion ; he might just swallow the idea he 's been working for the devil all this time . |
| 5 | However , if he can form an alliance with militants elected from Punjab and Assam , he might just hold the balance of power in a hung parliament . |
| 6 | He might just get the benefit of the doubt — because his side were under such intense pressure in the last ten minutes at Elland Road that his mind was concentrated on the battle on the field . |
| 7 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 8 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 10 | Feeling quite ill and willing himself not to look down , he stretched up and found that he could just reach the circular window . |
| 11 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |
| 12 | Far to the south he could just glimpse the roof of Scudder 's Cottage . |
| 13 | ‘ Socialistic ’ rather than socialist , he tells himself he would belong to a political party if he could just find the right one to join . |
| 14 | Straining his ears , he could just hear a metallic scratching noise . |
| 15 | Beyond the soft sounds of the garden he could just hear the noise of London . |
| 16 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 17 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 18 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 19 | He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front … |
| 20 | Behind them , he could just see the small wooden houses and the deep green leaves of the coconut trees , which were moving lazily in the soft afternoon wind . |
| 21 | She was mostly turned away from him ; he could just see the curve of her cheek , the line of her nose , and as he watched she put her head down very slightly . |
| 22 | The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry . |
| 23 | He could just imagine the Woman hitting him , smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun . |
| 24 | Though he was a little surprised , he smiled and said with alacrity that he could just use a cup of coffee , and he lounged after her as she bustled around the kitchen . |
| 25 | He could just read the faded inscription painted above the window : Glynn 's Circulating Library . |
| 26 | And if they took him to hospital he 'd just do the same thing again and again , until his family gave in . |
| 27 | no because they 'll do what they , they 've always done there send their military in and they 'll they 'll say you are n't having this , you are n't doing that , I mean obviously Gorbachev 's I mean this stage , he 'd just send the tanks in by now , he plagued Yugoslavia crushed |
| 28 | He 'd just become the first Briton to win two world titles on foreign soil and added : ‘ I want to be the first British fighter to win three world titles at different weights . ’ |
| 29 | I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble |
| 30 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |