Example sentences of "just [to-vb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found artefacts dating back a century and felt that it was important not just to preserve them , but to use them in the education of today 's children . ’ |
| 2 | Apart from using the ends of the sausages in sauces , it is generally best not to cook with these meats but just to enjoy them cold . |
| 3 | It seems to me she makes all the rules and I 'm expected just to carry them out and still be responsible . |
| 4 | ‘ That phone call was just to confirm them . |
| 5 | It was the same when The Who smashed their gear at the end : everyone would turn up just to see them smash their gear and it was n't cool , because everybody knew they were going to do it . |
| 6 | The only reason why I go to see a Nirvana show is just to see them wreck the gear ! |
| 7 | It was worth the risk he 'd taken with these theatrics , just to see them afraid . |
| 8 | ‘ They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum and charged the people a dollar and half just to see them ’ . |
| 9 | I 'll give you some paper just to jot them down in cos you can cos you |
| 10 | and say for you It 'd be quite good , it 'd be quite good to be here actually but just to meet them but tt nah show you something |
| 11 | Internal bell just to frighten them off . |
| 12 | Whereas the former emphasized that the whole point of emancipation was to provide serfs with land ( not just to grant them freedom ) , the latter spoke of enabling peasants to acquire land only " when feasible and necessary " . |
| 13 | Just to sell them a product without educating them to challenge and to care about the ingredients that go into those products would be wrong . |
| 14 | I think what I 'm gon na do I 'm gon na go and stand in front of everybody while they 're trying to just to annoy them . |
| 15 | Disappointed protesters complained that the government had reformed the tax just to spite them . |
| 16 | She had tremendous will-power , and the locals reckoned she would outlive everyone just to spite them , yet she was so senile she was practically imb -senile ! |
| 17 | And er I 've been there all my life and that 's and that 'll be eighty seven years old come May and er I 've just worked on the farm all my days and er then of course when my people died I just er stayed myself , and then lived with other people here and there , just to help them . |
| 18 | ‘ The pink for a girl , blue for a boy thing was probably thought up by men just to help them identify their kids without having to resort to close inspection . |
| 19 | ‘ My father and mother took my boys to Paris for a weekend recently just to buy them clothes , ’ says Louise . |
| 20 | ‘ Move them all about , every few hours , just to give them a change ? ’ |
| 21 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 22 | We 're trying to do things which on many occasions we 're actually doing things which are done at university with them , in a simplified form , of course , but just to give them this perspective , this view of physics . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's part of the adventure , ’ Carrie 's mother had said , and not just to cheer them up : it was her nature to look on the bright side . |
| 24 | Even if one has good scientific ideas , it is never enough just to publish them : the world will never beat a pathway to the door of the scientific recluse ; and all that the Avogadro or the Mendel can hope for is posthumous fame . |
| 25 | You could think of course do have children , dad , can I , can I , can I , bed you go , just to shut them up so if you have two small children there , the chances are you will lose the woman put them to bed or . |
| 26 | Just to shut them fucking complaining . |
| 27 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 28 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
| 29 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 30 | I have a cruel desire to stand in front of one , step to the left , then to the right , then again to the left once more , just to confuse them . |