Example sentences of "[pers pn] just [verb] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I 'm with Tommy I just try to be like him , ’ Iain had told the police . |
| 2 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 3 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 4 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 5 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 6 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 7 | Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband . |
| 8 | Venables added : ‘ I just want to be in charge of a successful football club challenging for the league . |
| 9 | Well I do n't agree with that , I think that when your in love with someone you want to be with them all the time , you think about them during the day , you think about them at night , you just want to be with them and usually you like how they look , you like how they talk , they like , you like how they treat you and er to me that 's , its wonderful , just |
| 10 | Sa , she her eyes are getting blacker every time and she she just seems to be in her books all the time , and everything now . |
| 11 | She know that and she just seems to be like a vicious circle all the time , I mean she does n't , I mean just getting deeper , deeper into debt . |
| 12 | She just wanted to be on her own so that the lava of tears could flow unchecked , melt it all away . |
| 13 | She just wants to be in bed for a day . |
| 14 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 15 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
| 16 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 17 | We just happened to be in the pool at the same time , that 's all . ’ |
| 18 | Within Christianity bread and wine are sacramental not because they just happened to be on the table for a Jewish meal but because they were signs of the covenant . |
| 19 | They just happened to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 20 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 21 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 22 | He just happened to be in this area on the night of Rob 's party . |
| 23 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |