Example sentences of "he just [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just is n't capable of selling a nut to a squirrel . |
| 2 | But I 'm terribly sorry , you see , because he just is n't for sale . ’ |
| 3 | He just is , just totally different to what I remember him being like . |
| 4 | And erm , and , he just is always there , he 's really reliable like that . |
| 5 | B : how long has he been away for or has he just been away ? |
| 6 | he just being naughty , he just being very naughty to me |
| 7 | he just being naughty , he just being very naughty to me |
| 8 | Why should n't he just be getting old ? |
| 9 | Or might he just be tempted to make one last attempt to lead the Labour party across the river ? |
| 10 | And then Dylan came along , and he did n't have to do anything , he just was . |
| 11 | He thought it was fabulous because I guess he just was n't used to living in all that space and the idea of living in this enormous rambling series of rooms appealed to him very much . |
| 12 | When she and Dot turned up to visit , he just was n't there any more . |
| 13 | He just was n't getting hold of it too good . |
| 14 | He just was n't ready . ’ |
| 15 | The cause of much of Thom 's misery , it transpires , was the feeling — familiar to many victims of Fatal Attraction Syndrome — that he just was n't good enough for the person concerned . |
| 16 | Reportedly AT&T was anxious to see the back of NCR Corp 's ex-CEO Gil Williamson because he just was n't user-friendly enough , not a motivator . |
| 17 | He just was not able to bring in business the way DPR would have liked him to do . |
| 18 | I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing ! |
| 19 | She had the time right — he just was n't here . |
| 20 | I liked Nigel — I thought I was in love with him — but then I realised , when I did n't want what he wanted , he just was n't interested in me any more . ’ |
| 21 | Oh he just was n't interested in farming . |
| 22 | He just was in there doing something the children went out and he said I said to him good morning , he said good morning . |