Example sentences of "we just [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was jumping already so we just tripped and fell on him . |
| 2 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |
| 3 | There was one moment when someone proposed ‘ I think we should have a facilitator for this bit , ’ and we just listened and passed it by , on with our own journey into the delicious unknown . ’ |
| 4 | We just turned and went . |
| 5 | Then we just sat and looked |
| 6 | We just sat and nattered , about various Christmas holidays we recalled from our individual childhoods . |
| 7 | ‘ We both ended up on the bench and since neither of us were very happy , we just sat and moaned at each other ! |
| 8 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |