Example sentences of "[pron] be just [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just pretending to be . |
| 2 | This morning we slipped into Mansfield for coffee and a haircut ; and now I 'm just waiting to be relieved , and rush to the letter rack . |
| 3 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm just going to be comfortable , ’ said Betty . |
| 5 | ‘ I was just tryin' to be a help , ’ sniffed Granny Morkie . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I always thought I was just trying to be abstract , in some form or fashion , just trying to get something different . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I was just trying to be hard or something . |
| 8 | I was just trying to be funny , like Ben . |
| 9 | The flowers bloomed happily in the soft sunshine , complemented by the gently swaying leaves of the trees , which were just beginning to be touched by the colours of autumn . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're just trying to be clever , and that 's not too clever in itself , you know . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ John , you 're just trying to be shocking , ’ said Jannie . |
| 12 | Well you 're just have to be patient wo n't you ? |
| 13 | The conditions for the crossing were not much worse than for the criminals who were just beginning to be shipped across from England in the 1670s , and the death rates were not much higher . |
| 14 | People who made money demanded respect ; people who had none were just trash to be trampled underfoot , no matter what other gifts they had . |
| 15 | See , when I go out , I 'm looking out for me and my mate , I do n't want some researcher in the back who 's just going to be a liability … |
| 16 | She was just trying to be awkward . |
| 17 | She was just going to be rather tedious from now on . |
| 18 | It was there that I picked up Tom Phillips , an artist who was just beginning to be sought after . |
| 19 | We 're just going to be living in fear all the time . ’ ’ |
| 20 | There was just going to be one big thud when I hit the deck and then all would be over — my arm would stop hurting and no more 109s could make dirty passes at me behind my back . |
| 21 | It means that they are just going to be even poorer than they are now . |
| 22 | Oh they 're just beginning to be I always feel by the time they 're eight weeks |
| 23 | they 're just beginning to be here really . |
| 24 | They 're just yearning to be home . ’ |
| 25 | I think they 're just going to be planted there . |
| 26 | It 's just going to be a long , slow process . |
| 27 | If they hook up and Clinton is assassinated , it 's just going to be too corny . ’ |
| 28 | It 's just going to be a great day for families , if you are an aircraft enthusiast , or a flying enthusiast a great fun day . |
| 29 | He 's just pretending to be an aw-shucks-gee-look-what-happened-to-me-when-I-wasn't-trying kind of guy . |
| 30 | It was just happened to be spotted by Richard , fortunately , whilst he was erm , between jobs and actually being up a steps , walked in a saw the smoke coming out of one of the er , main switch areas . |