Example sentences of "[pron] just [verb] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 2 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 3 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 4 | I just needed to be told to change my ways . ’ |
| 5 | Deep down , I suppose I just want to be wanted . |
| 6 | I just want to be treated honestly and know if I am part of Chelsea 's plans . ’ |
| 7 | He ended his hour-long presentation with the words , ‘ We are on our way toward making the division one of the best goddamned outfits in overseas operations , and I just want to be given the chance to prove that the plan which I have outlined to you today is the right one for the British operation , for Europe and for the Corporation . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a life-long ambition of mine to be a chauffeur and I just want to be given a chance . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes I just want to be left alone to do it my way , whether it 's right or wrong . |
| 10 | I just want to be left in peace , I need time … ’ |
| 11 | I just want to be left alone ! ’ |
| 12 | I just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 13 | During the 1970s several teams attempted to refute this claim , arguing that the connection is a figment of Arp 's imagination , that it is an optical illusion caused by the overlap of isophotes ( light contours ) from the two objects , or that it is an illusion caused by a star or galaxy which just happens to be located between the two objects . |
| 14 | Or is it something which just has to be considered as part of the planning process ? |
| 15 | Information for those who wish to return , for those who may return at some future date , and those who just wish to be kept abreast of developments should be incorporated . |
| 16 | I thought , ‘ Here is this man who just begs to be loved , and who just wants to be a handsome , gorgeous leading man , ’ but who really was not . |
| 17 | I take on board everything that Lesley said , but I still feel in my heart that there are times when you 're dealing with people who just need to be treated almost like a child again for a while and maybe maybe it 's a good place where the legislation leaves it , better than going to a sort of situation where healthy people might get pushed into asylums or whatever , but somehow I 'm not totally happy with where we are . |
| 18 | Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job . |
| 19 | You 're not cold you just want to be cuddled . |
| 20 | You just want to be left alone to die . |
| 21 | Sometimes you just want to be left alone , so I understand the violent reactions some celebrities have when they 're infringed upon . |
| 22 | You just have to be approved by the that 's all . |
| 23 | erm and ended up dealing with it but that 's not to say she should n't deal with it erm she just got to be trained how to deal with it |
| 24 | We just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 25 | They just want to be seen calling at the house . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ They just wanted to be seen as loyal citizens . ’ |
| 27 | They just refused to be flushed . ’ |
| 28 | They just happen to be transmitted differently . ’ |
| 29 | And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences . |
| 30 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |