Example sentences of "[Wh pn] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The place that did give him a job was the Irish Catholic paper The Standard , which had a very funny editor who just liked to drink most of the day and was amused by Patrick and hired him as film critic . |
| 2 | Pensioners who just have their state pensions are really suffering . |
| 3 | I took it to a couple of shops who just were n't interested and then to Macaris who seemed to be interested in buying it but who were being a bit funny about it to me . |
| 4 | But on many occasions you 've got talented people who just do n't fill the job specifications , but whose qualities , put to an objective agreed by everybody , are valuable beyond measure . |
| 5 | I told them I know them well , their son is not the type who just gets in fights . |
| 6 | Right , Moxon , Metcalfe , Carrick , good old Arnie of course … er , that stocky lad who does n't move his feet properly … um , let me see now : um , oh yes , that fellow who keeps getting backache , and then that off-breaker who ca n't turn it , and that so-called seamer with the funny hairstyle who just ca n't bowl at all … |
| 7 | Anyone who just wants to play arcade-type games might as well buy a games console . |
| 8 | Yeo Davis 's business was concerned with representing people who did not know the ropes , or even that there were any ropes ; Hutton 's predominantly with fellow professionals in other fields who just wanted the best and swiftest way through . |
| 9 | BNL owns one-quarter of a factoring company headed by Luigi Scotti , who just resigned as president of Federconsorzi . |
| 10 | Both men had leapt to their feet and had been restrained from using violence by the mates of the shop steward , who just happened to be on hand . |
| 11 | The location holds little promise , the time slot is unlikely , yet for over two years now the Sunday afternoon sessions at the Queens Club near Slough have been packed out with those who just ca n't stop after Saturday night . |
| 12 | ‘ You do get the believers and the buffs , the little sects who just stick to their beliefs and wo n't listen to anything else . |
| 13 | But unlike Labour , who just want to extend national insurance contributions to all levels of income , we want to consolidate them into income tax . |
| 14 | Augusta National went for major winners from a burgeoning cast of Aussies who just may be hungrier than any of their contemporaries . |
| 15 | They think we are people who just put things in envelopes — there is a certain snobbery about it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes you come across patients you feel have been coached on what to say , or who just claim to be residents . |
| 17 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said somebody drunk who just wanted to be nasty , ‘ you tell her . |
| 18 | BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all . |
| 19 | A Welsh farming family called an aunt by marriage ‘ granny ; ’ a Grantham print manager 's family took in a grandfather 's cousin ‘ too old to live alone ’ who just ‘ spent her time knitting ’ and ‘ seemed something like a granny but she was n't . ’ |
| 20 | We keep ourselves to ourselves , Joan and I. There was a frightful nosy American in the summer who just turned up out of the blue and told us how honoured we must be , having the old bat 's relics up here . |
| 21 | Mike McGill dropped in one evening but really did n't enjoy the 8ft transitions unlike Roddy Mullen who just shredded the flat concrete area surrounding the ramp . |
| 22 | You argue furiously and pointlessly with your parents and any other dopes who just ca n't see what he 's doing . |
| 23 | The Saddlery Courses are designed for people wishing to earn a full time living from making and repairing saddlery or for anyone who just wants to supplement their existing income , as they state ‘ whatever you want from this course , either to earn money or to save money , it is designed for you . ’ |
| 24 | Me and Henry , say , who just want a mortgage and a little house and get on with Elinor started to make more anguished noises . |
| 25 | Every therapist/healer , orthodox or otherwise , has come across the person who just does not get better — despite doing everything ‘ right ’ . |
| 26 | Macmillan was an idle man , who just did n't work as Prime Minister , and Douglas-Home was idle . |
| 27 | I am aware that much of what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light . |
| 28 | Most houses had rows of jars with fermenting liquid — the only losers were the pubs who just could not compete with this almost free wine , which I remember — I had a sip or two when no-one was looking , was of sweet taste but with a real kick . |
| 29 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 30 | Project Universe is due to end in 1985 , but there are moves to have the whole scheme extended , perhaps to researchers who just want to use the network to do day-to-day work . |