Example sentences of "his [noun] just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last analysis the 67 12s. 9d. would stand revealed ; the pen would be taken out of his fingers just before he signed across the excise stamp ; gentle hands would conduct him back to the comfortable shabby gloom of Flat 4 , 86 Leominster Gardens . |
| 2 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 3 | Turbulence and violent death haunted his adolescence just as repression and hard tack had besieged his childhood . |
| 4 | Ian Lawrence runs his kitchen just as he would a hotel |
| 5 | FitzAlan reined in his horse just before the trees thinned out . |
| 6 | He had simply hesitated to take the plunge and stake on a worthwhile weekend with her , and it was pure chance that he had made up his mind just after he had learned her name . |
| 7 | He reached the doorway to his cellars just as one of the trolls , with a lazy flick of one ham-sized hand , sent his axe whirling across the room . |
| 8 | The Head , who had obviously prepared a lengthy moralising talk for this historic first assembly in the new sports hall rose to his feet just as the bell for the end of assembly rang . |
| 9 | Pérez escaped from his residence just before it was surrounded , and went to a private television station from which he made the first of four broadcasts to the nation repudiating the coup . |
| 10 | It was as if he was dropping a hint or letting slip a little clue thinking that one day someone would read his diaries just as I was doing . ’ |
| 11 | Did she really think he would stint his efforts just because his success would mean competition for her affections ? |
| 12 | As Trevor is self-employed and intends to carry on working beyond the usual retirement age , he 'll receive his payout just when he needs it — with cash to spare , helping towards the world cruise that he and his wife had always promised themselves . |
| 13 | We shall be delighted to seek out his advice just before we go if he is still a Member of the House at the time . |
| 14 | People are unlikely to pay much more attention to his decisions just because there has been some fiddling with the constitution . |
| 15 | One typical Whig satire of 1710 had Louis XIV thanking the Tories for coming to his rescue just as he was losing the war , saying " your very Principles are agreeable to absolute Monarchy , and Designs of Tyranny ; and your Practices are … such as have often reliev 'd and supported me " . |
| 16 | If only he had not caught nits and been sent home from school , fallen in the beck , lost his shoes , been attacked by Rosie or injured his hand just because he was too cowardly to follow Buddie 's instructions . |
| 17 | The Frenchman had produced a bottle of champagne and a couple of bottles of burgundy 1924 ; with the help of a my little black book of French/English , I understood that he had buried the champagne and the wine in his garden just before the Germans entered the village shortly after the collapse in 1940 . |
| 18 | RELATIONSHIP TO CAMP STAFF : He is well liked by the entire staff and they enjoy his company just as he does theirs . |
| 19 | He told his mother just before ‘ I 'm Too Sexy ’ was released ‘ partly because I had a premonition my life was going to change . |
| 20 | ‘ Have n't you washed your face yet , Sam ? ’ asked his mother just before Aunty arrived for tea . |
| 21 | It would be folly to raise his hopes just when the loss of the letters had effectively dashed them . |
| 22 | TUBE passenger Jonathan Zito was stabbed to death in front of his brother just after they had been reunited for Christmas . |
| 23 | She closed her eyes , shuddering as she remembered the expression on his face just before he had driven away , and , unbidden , the words that Debbie had typed came flooding back . |
| 24 | Alec Guinness introduced him to the audience after the first night , although such was his nervousness that Sherek had to push him onto the stage and , when a photographer blew a flash bulb in his face just as he was about to speak , he muttered " Oh my God " . |