Example sentences of "just [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would inflict special damage on a person who had just posted a business letter the purpose of which would be defeated by any exceptional delay . |
| 2 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 3 | He 's just singing a style you do n't know . ’ |
| 4 | She laughed aloud ; what lengths he was prepared to go to , just to issue a veto which was n't in the least necessary . |
| 5 | I have n't got time to er mark them all in a formal sense , so just bring a plan y'know if y give me somebody give me a mock title cos I 'm very reluctant to dream up titles under these circumstances Okay , compare and contrast two theories of aggression . |
| 6 | Can we just spare a couple of minutes so we can get this straight , because I did rush through it , and it was , er , obviously wrong of me . |
| 7 | ‘ Do I get the impression I just made a boo-boo ? ’ |
| 8 | The thing with Minneapolis was that everyone was bored to tears , so we just made a scene . ’ |
| 9 | One thing you should remember : when he says , ‘ I just made a hole in one , ’ do n't say , ‘ I did n't see you . |
| 10 | He just made a crack about Maurice needing to sleep quiet in his bed . |
| 11 | ‘ In that case I think he just made a pass at your wife . ’ |
| 12 | When he heard about Marie 's accident he just made a joke . |
| 13 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 14 | He 's just given a couple of experimental tugs on the lifting slings and he reckons the bomber , with the help of the flotation bags , of course , is nearing a state of neutral buoyancy . |
| 15 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 16 | This works slightly differently from the one Kev 's suggesting , coz we did n't have to go through auctions and all that , we were just given a list of players with their prices , and given 20 million to spend . |
| 17 | Suppose it lowers the prices it is prepared to pay ; this will mean a capital loss to the discount house if it has just given a bank a price consistent with current yields . |
| 18 | Having just given a lot of money back . |
| 19 | Erm you created er your own problem by saying how long is it since you 've seen an F P representative you 're just building a barrier up again . |
| 20 | For example it has just formed a partnership with Lotus , the computer software giant , to allow users of ‘ cc:Mail ’ the Lotus electronic mail system to send and receive messages while they are on the move . |
| 21 | Just make a phone call home . |
| 22 | And then you just make a mess of what you 've already got . |
| 23 | They thought well kids just make a fuss anyway and they have n't got any proper routes so what 're they making all that fuss about y'know , shut up , um and er that kind of things was going on . |
| 24 | Just make a copy and send it over . ’ |
| 25 | Now the things that should go in , the headings will be first of all , company obligations , and I 'll explain these as we go through it , just make a list first . |
| 26 | do n't tell us , just make a wish and blow it |
| 27 | Just make a paper aeroplane out of it . |
| 28 | was getting really cross and was beginning to call the police over she just produced a card and they just throw it and said this means nothing to me , this means nothing to me , cover your head and she just laughed at them and walked away , but he , he pounced on a Filipino girl who was actually wearing jeans , and socks and said her jeans were too short |
| 29 | It was amazing how much Eliot knew about history , as I , who had just completed a History degree , my second qualification , had reason to know . |
| 30 | At the time of his death he had just completed a second , much fuller edition , to be published in 1990 . |