Example sentences of "just what i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we define publishing as the production of information in a printed form you may begin to realise just what I mean ; price lists , company reports , catalogues , advertisements , newsletters , memos , the list gets longer the more you think about it . |
| 2 | There is , regretfully , no space in this article to spell out in greater detail just what I mean by these dynamic explanatory constructs . |
| 3 | That 's just what I fancy . |
| 4 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 5 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 6 | I 'm not gon na ar , I mean that 's just what I 've got down . |
| 7 | Just what I want , ’ said the man . |
| 8 | Indeed as you watch drama on television you often think " That 's just what I want for tomorrow 's lesson . " |
| 9 | Then I heard the monster 's voice : ‘ It pleases me that you have decided to live , because that is just what I want . ’ |
| 10 | This is just what I want to hear . |
| 11 | ERIC Clapton closed his blues night with a touching version of a Bessie Smith classic , but as he sang ‘ Makes no difference what I do/Some folks will criticise/I 'm gon na do just what I want to do ’ , it seemed as if he was anticipating his reviews . |
| 12 | And that night of course in The Bar we were all saying , oh god when she jumps into the truck , how fabulous was that , it just makes you want to cheer ; and Boy thought again , well that is how life is , that is how I feel , that is how I feel when I 'm leaving the bar with my husband for the night , my husband-to-be , that 's just what I think when I 'm getting into his car , Goodbye Father , Goodbye . |
| 13 | They will at first be assailed after meetings by colleagues saying ‘ Good for you ’ and ‘ I wish I 'd had the courage to say that ’ and ‘ That 's just what I think . |
| 14 | It 's just what I think . ’ |
| 15 | Now you can see just what I say . |
| 16 | ‘ When I use a word ’ , Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone , ‘ it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When I use a word ’ , Humpty Dumpty said , ‘ … it means just what I choose it to mean , neither more nor less ’ ( Lewis Carroll — Alice Through the Looking Glass ) . |
| 18 | ‘ When I use a word , ’ Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone , ‘ it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less ’ — so what does ATM stand for ? |
| 19 | But the tendency of such an argument is in the direction of complete relativism , or an entirely arbitrary nominalism , of the type represented by Humpty Dumpty in Alice through the Looking-glass : " " When I use a word " , Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone , " it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more or less . " " |
| 20 | Just what I need . ’ |
| 21 | Dhia , you 're just what I need ! |
| 22 | ‘ You must have read my mind , ’ she said , ‘ a good strong cup of tea is just what I need . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That 's it , cheer me up , ’ said Dolly , ‘ it 's just what I need . |
| 24 | ‘ Fucking shit , ’ he said , ‘ this is just what I need . ’ |
| 25 | But I had bought mine at a time when I 'd luckily accumulated some nice big fees , and she is just what I need , in every way . |
| 26 | Two punks and a snarling alsatian are just what I need . |
| 27 | It is more than competitive in price , and the content is just what I need . |
| 28 | This little jab in the ego is just what I need . |
| 29 | Just what I need right at the present moment ! ’ |
| 30 | It 's a lovely evening and this walk is just what I need to clear my head , but let's leave it at that . ’ |