Example sentences of "they [be] just [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ The message is that the UK government could n't care less , they are just applying a Band-Aid to a mortal wound . ’ |
| 2 | They 're just taking a bit too much on . |
| 3 | ‘ I think they 're just taking a look around . ’ |
| 4 | They 're just taking a well-earned break from publicising the Lifeline Africa Appeal that 's just been launched by the Northampton-based charity , World Vision . |
| 5 | did they actually have to claim how much , I mean er you know they produced , cos all we 're saying here is they 're just taking a a nominal amount which they stipulate at the beginning of a three year period , and they 're just gon na take that . |
| 6 | Now what has happened in the last decade or so , through the advent of radioastronomy , is that we 've discovered that there are vast clouds of molecules between the stars and they 're just chock a block with very intriguing molecules , many of which are just the sort of things we would expect to be in the prebiotic soup . |
| 7 | They 're just doing a kind of tour of loads and loads of houses cos they keep moving with his job . |
| 8 | But like they 're just doing a survey |
| 9 | They 're just doing a like a walk . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're just having a good time . ’ |
| 11 | They 're just having a just having a review and they 've told Mick that his lads are going to be civilianised . |
| 12 | They were kidding themselves if they believed they were just electing a bunch of councillors to run local services . |
| 13 | Praps they were just getting a little fed up of Wilko selling players for nothing when he decided he did nt want them any more ? |
| 14 | He smiled infuriatingly at her , lifting a hand to run it over his dark hair , seemingly as relaxed as though they were just sharing a pleasant little chat rather than this frosty interview . |
| 15 | God knows how I did n't kill myself and the sheer of the whole thing was , it was n't even on the second floor , it was on the ground floor , they were just pulling a . |
| 16 | They were just having a peaceful protest , sitting there and linking arms : no threats or fear of violence . |