Example sentences of "just [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man lies on the sidewalk outside Tiffany 's , passers-by just stepping over him . |
| 2 | He 'd as good as admitted he 'd gone off her sexually by saying he preferred just resting in her , motionless . |
| 3 | The radial shields are distinct separated or just touching at their distal ends , and irregularly triangular nearly as wide as broad . |
| 4 | Authorities of all types and sizes commented on this problem , some just touching on it , others indicating that it is now paramount to them : |
| 5 | Publications now abound which aim to develop ‘ ways of supporting the kind of school that ’ , with Hegarty ( 1987 ) , ‘ provides for each according to need as part of its normal provision , perceives special provision as an integral part of the whole ’ , and aims to prevent learning difficulties ( Booth et al 1987 ) instead of just reacting to them . |
| 6 | Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda . |
| 7 | I suppose he does n't want to be seen to be just reacting to your letter he 's obviously started doing these things off his own bat anyway has n't he ? |
| 8 | in the end , you 're just whizzing through it , you 're thinking about what you 're having for your tea . |
| 9 | There was a sign but it was and it was just cracked so cars behind me were just driving over it and nobody could , you ca n't see it . |
| 10 | There was no furniture , just sacking for us to sit and sleep on . |
| 11 | And we were just gettin' on our feet , three of the lads workin' and himself bringin' it in , at least what 's left after his Friday night dos . |
| 12 | Just leaping over it . |
| 13 | Said they were just checking on their contacts . ’ |
| 14 | She sounded astonished , and I knew that the real danger of the moment was only just occurring to her . |
| 15 | ‘ Now you 're just laughing at me ! ’ |
| 16 | The French are just laughing at us as we stumble around in a fog . ’ |
| 17 | for example , just walking with her could be troublesome . |
| 18 | After buying the house she had spent hours just walking through it , seeing in her mind 's eye just how it would all look eventually — but turning those dreams into reality was sheer hard graft , and she was n't halfway through yet . |
| 19 | It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right . |
| 20 | Problems vary , not just according to what they are about , but also according to : |
| 21 | The tip of the envelope was just protruding from her bag . |
| 22 | It made her toes curl just listening to him , and perversely that made her even angrier . |
| 23 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 24 | Rather than just listening to us do all the work , we 're going to divide up into two groups just to do one or two trial interviews as it were , to get the feeling for the thing , to get some of your opinions coming up . |
| 25 | ‘ Just hunting for my broom , sir , ’ said Sam . |
| 26 | So why are my neck hairs rising just writing about it ? |
| 27 | 95% of business information is paper-based , and every year millions of working hours are wasted just searching through it |
| 28 | I were just pretending to him , because I ai n't really full of beans . |
| 29 | General exploration means more than just looking for what we want . |
| 30 | Sometimes I may spend a week just looking for something I want . ’ |