Example sentences of "just [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just helping them into a chair can cause quite a lot of bruising . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just helping you into the canoe . |
| 3 | The cichlids just seeing them as part of the overall decor would move them out of their way , often causing them to come apart making them useless . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 5 | Bourdieu wonders how structural anthropologists could be seduced into positing the existence of the rule when informants were just using it as a strategy . |
| 6 | How many voted to put , smack the Conservatives , and do n't worry about politics I 'm just using it as an example , in the face . |
| 7 | Erm but if this trend continues , I can see them shooting down the activities side of this this place and just using it as an advice centre . |
| 8 | I apologise ; just using you as an excuse . |
| 9 | ‘ Michelet has strong emotions , and he smears what he feels on to paper without caring in the least how he does it , and without giving the slightest thought to technique or conventional forms — just shaping it into any form that can be understood by those who want to understand it . ’ |
| 10 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
| 11 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 12 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 13 | How about just keeping it in the bag ? |
| 14 | Right you 're just explaining it to me ? |
| 15 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 16 | A lot more than just fitting it with leather , walnut and air conditioning . |
| 17 | Luke covered the microphone with his hand and leant towards her , his lips just brushing hers in the tenderest of kisses before he whispered softly , ‘ I love you , Fran . |
| 18 | He touched this leather , just brushing it with the tip of his soft hen feather , and it was drawn away in angular folds like bat-wings , and beyond a little dark door lay open into a tiny hole , into which he thought he might just manage to put his shoulders . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm just presenting you with the facts . |
| 20 | And I mean , if you think that just presenting it in the , in the class is er enough |
| 21 | That 's not fresh , that 's not cool — they just usin' it like it was a slang word ’ |
| 22 | They just usin' it like it was a slang word . ’ |
| 23 | So they were just surrounding it in places . |
| 24 | Months later he was to admit : ‘ Do n't you realize , Jim , I was just egging you on all the time ? |
| 25 | Okay now she 's off really quickly on a reach but she 's oversheeted , she 's got too much power there , she 's sheeting the sail in instead of easing it out until it flaps and then just pulling it in a little . |
| 26 | Nigel Mansell is a man whose life revolves around cars , not satisfied with just racing them at speeds of up to 200 mph , his business life is based around them . |
| 27 | She loved sitting up with the children until long past bedtime , playing silly games or just holding them in her arms and carrying on a conversation at their absurd level . |
| 28 | She had a glass of gin in her hand , but she was not drinking it , just holding it as if it might offer her the cheer and support that she might not otherwise find elsewhere . |
| 29 | No doubt he was , you know , got something in his hand and just holding it with on , on the bar , yeah . |
| 30 | It 's just getting them with access that 's the problem . |