Example sentences of "i [was/were] just [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unemployment had then just begun its big rise but there were still jobs going — I was just being silly about which ones to apply for . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew I was just being snooty , ’ says his mother in some embarrassment , ‘ but I wondered why Jonathan was attracted to the child with the most disadvantaged background . |
| 3 | Perhaps I was just being a ridiculous prig , behaving quite differently from anyone else who had ever been taken prisoner . |
| 4 | She 'd have thought I was just being snotty . |
| 5 | I thought maybe I was just being selfish , it 's so difficult to analyse your emotions . |
| 6 | I was just being careful . |
| 7 | She thought I was just being silly as she does n't believe the rumours . |
| 8 | I was , I was just being foolish in , in picking up er one of the children and my back went . |
| 9 | I do n't drink coffee , I was just being polite . |