Example sentences of "they [be] just [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is an absolute red herring and they are just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill ’ — NEIL GRAY ( All Black manager in Australia ) after his team had been accused of excessively tough tactics in beating New South Wales ( 41–9 ) . |
| 2 | But it is nice if they are asked , sometimes it 's sometimes they are just expected to do and if they have n't been officially asked . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're just beginning to bite . |
| 4 | They 're just getting rid of the dead wood at the moment ; there 'll be new jobs in new growth industries . ’ |
| 5 | getting rid of those at all , they 're just getting rid of |
| 6 | I think they 're just trying to relieve |
| 7 | ‘ They 're just trying to psych each other out . |
| 8 | They 're just trying to prove you |
| 9 | But erm it just er hopefully because yeah but really they 're just trying to investigate to make sure that we did n't act fraudulently in any way . |
| 10 | If they ask me Sir , they 're just trying to make a monkey out of you . |
| 11 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 12 | She says er but she said but they 're just trying to work it out . |
| 13 | They 're just trying to cut labour costs . ’ |
| 14 | Glen Hoddle says they 're just going to play the way they always do and and the team that settles into its style … whatever it is … will win … |
| 15 | I do n't know , they 're just coming to visit me . |
| 16 | You know they 're just changing do n't you . |
| 17 | And they 're just left to get on to these fifteen projects whenever . |
| 18 | They 're just longing to see you . |
| 19 | ‘ We were trying to play rugby and they were just trying to spoil . ’ |
| 20 | I finally realized something was up because people were yelling at me — I thought they were just trying to get on but then I realized what was up , and I hit the button again . |
| 21 | When Trestle came to the Festival for the first time in 1986 , they were just beginning to make their name , and were virtually unknown in Belfast . |
| 22 | I do n't think they were listening to a word I was saying , they were just watching to see what Dawn was going to do next . |
| 23 | in the meantime Brocklesby was approaching and this one horrendous photograph of me looking very harassed you can well imagine and my father ever pompous when he saw this photograph said huh where were your directors , was n't one of them in charge , and I said no they were away having lunch , they were just going to arrive when they you know , anyway ? |
| 24 | ‘ They were just going to check that we were all right when Margot suddenly got quite excitable and delirious — so unlike her . ’ |
| 25 | Looked like they were just going to have to get along with things the way they were until their time was up . |
| 26 | either erm because redundancies are coming up , or Imperial trustees down , they were just got ridden of as a way of moving them off the trust . |
| 27 | either erm because redundancies are coming or as Imperial Trustees found , they were just got ridden of as a way of moving them off the trust . |
| 28 | There , they were brilliant and I felt as though they were just starting to work when finished . |
| 29 | I thought they was going to catch a train , and that 's why they was hugging and kissing and that , but I du n no — maybe they was just planning to go away or summat . |