Example sentences of "'s just what i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's just what I said to myself when I woke up this morning , but when I looked on the floor , there was the veil , torn in two halves ! ’ |
| 3 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's just what I said to Mr Yarrow . |
| 5 | It 's just what I said before . |
| 6 | Yeah , that 's just what I said . |
| 7 | That 's just what I said during the news interview , was n't it ? |
| 8 | That 's just what I figured . ’ |
| 9 | That 's just what I fancy . |
| 10 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 11 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 12 | I 'm not gon na ar , I mean that 's just what I 've got down . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's just what I have been ! ’ exclaimed Peggy in surprise . |
| 14 | " Well , really , that 's just what I have come for , Super . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's just what I needed to put things in perspective . |
| 16 | That 's just what I wanted to say ! ’ ' |
| 17 | ‘ That 's it , cheer me up , ’ said Dolly , ‘ it 's just what I need . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , now that 's just what I need . ’ |
| 19 | That 's just what I need as well . |
| 20 | Indeed as you watch drama on television you often think " That 's just what I want for tomorrow 's lesson . " |
| 21 | And that night of course in The Bar we were all saying , oh god when she jumps into the truck , how fabulous was that , it just makes you want to cheer ; and Boy thought again , well that is how life is , that is how I feel , that is how I feel when I 'm leaving the bar with my husband for the night , my husband-to-be , that 's just what I think when I 'm getting into his car , Goodbye Father , Goodbye . |
| 22 | They will at first be assailed after meetings by colleagues saying ‘ Good for you ’ and ‘ I wish I 'd had the courage to say that ’ and ‘ That 's just what I think . |
| 23 | It 's just what I think . ’ |