Example sentences of "it just [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not produce the same effects as lifting the accelerator altogether ; it just maintains a balanced throttle . |
| 2 | Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him . |
| 3 | It just seemed a total waste of time to bother redecorating it — the only solution seemed to be removing the chimney , adding an extension , or both . |
| 4 | It just seemed a pity that Norfolk should have no more appetising soft fruit . |
| 5 | It just seemed a bore she was ill . |
| 6 | It 's remarkable because we 've been talking about Twickenham to you ever since I think about the second round , and in those days it just seemed a little bit of a dream , but that dream is now just eighty minutes away is n't it ? |
| 7 | I like the subject , and I like the composition and so on , but it just loses a bit because of the lack of sharpness so a five for that . |
| 8 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 9 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 10 | EMC is said to have plans of its own to bring out a new generation of Symmetrix , and is certainly not daunted by the hot breath of competition — it just announced a two-for-one stock split to be effected via a scrip dividend . |
| 11 | it just gets a wee bit much |
| 12 | And therefore it just becomes a heavier and heavier burden . |
| 13 | ‘ When you 've got targets and incentives it just becomes a family planning programme and not much more than that ’ Tricia Parker , Oxfam Bangladesh |
| 14 | They get you in individually , and sort of reveal embarrassing personal stories , and there 's , I mean it just becomes a battleground , your house for , for the weekend . |
| 15 | No it 's just the plant , it 's just like it just produces a gold kind of coloured dye . |
| 16 | ‘ I believe everyone has innate creativity ’ she confided in me , ‘ but with some it just takes a little bit of coaxing before it will surface ’ . |
| 17 | The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days . |
| 18 | It just takes a smile or a joke , and Kriss Akabusi has won them round . |
| 19 | It just requires a little time and activity from the old grey matter . |
| 20 | And then it just became a drug that I had to take for every day use . |
| 21 | Cos it did n't , it did n't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow . |
| 22 | You ca n't it it just said a plain pencil drawing no felt tips no crayons . |
| 23 | So ours must have cost , I 'm sure that would cost them a lot more than thirty pounds cos it did n't it did n't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow |
| 24 | If one bit of the brook is cleared and not the rest it just creates a problem somewhere else . |
| 25 | But for the poor , food is always functional : " It just fills a hole does n't it ? " said one single mother , " I ca n't stand watching television because it depresses me , there 's always food on . " |
| 26 | It just says a cooker point . |
| 27 | I hope The Buddha of Suburbia does n't say anything at all : it just tells a story about growing up . ’ |
| 28 | It just seems a pity . ’ |
| 29 | a lot of the lab work done here anyway , everyone knows what the results should be , it just seems a waste of time because you know the equipment 's not good enough to get the results you should be getting , so you spend most of your time writing why your results have n't come out . |
| 30 | ‘ It just seems a little weird that we could be playing opposite each other in a semi-final of a big competition . ’ |