Example sentences of "they were just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are tigers there , and there 's leopards and things called sloth bears , a sort of bear , but they 're actually quite rare so er we did n't see any of those , apart from the rhinos , we went very very quietly crawled under the undergrowth and we saw them in a water hole and they were just bathing there . |
| 2 | Ah well tha no Meadow Road 's got the old gates but at Natherton there were some that did n't have any barriers at all , they were just flashing lights . |
| 3 | They were just stopping |
| 4 | It seemed that both incomers and Shetlanders presumed that the researchers did have a clearcut image of conflict in the area and that they were just fiddling about trying to show it , rather than attempting to do something about it ( e.g. putting the incomers somewhere else , helping out the incomers for once , etc . ) . |
| 5 | I mean in a sense they were just sacrificing peasants for that strategy . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ We were trying to play rugby and they were just trying to spoil . ’ |
| 8 | They were kidding themselves if they believed they were just electing a bunch of councillors to run local services . |
| 9 | ‘ In my estimation the most perfect rock'n'roll band that ever existed , The Beatles , when they sat down and wrote lyrics , they were just throwing ideas around that really meant nothing , and we were the ones who , for instance , made out that Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds meant LSD . |
| 10 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 11 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 12 | every , but all , all the draughtsman unless they were just called |
| 13 | But the defendants claimed they were just using the boards to shelter behind on a windy day , while they had a cup of tea . |
| 14 | and th the so called democratic , you know , choice of all these poli , all these MP 's and what not which would comprise parliament and government and head of the Tory party at the time you know i it really their voices on the , on the the cabinet you know , they were , they were just destroyed ! |
| 15 | Yeah , a and in fact in the programme I th the one that Barbara was in , I can remember the er , as it happens , I , I was out er when that programme came on and I taped it so I s I , I 've still got that particular programme , and the lady at the end er on one of her questions she 'd obviously forgotten what she was going to say er and sort of made something up and er she turned to er as they were just panning away from her , she turned to her next door neighbour and more or less said I forgot what I was going to say , you know . |
| 16 | I was drinking Monk and Monk was a heavy beer so fuck I gets out of the car and fucking oh fuck , but anyway said to me look I 'll go up , say my name , and I 'll bring you home , I was living with my sister at the time and I sat on a wee low wall , I 'm just the wall , fu fuck I , in the middle of the day , nobody , they were just drinking er Dawn this is way were , it 's fucking maybe twenty five years ago , twenty six and er fuck he sat me on the wall he had to s I could n't see he says to me er fucking I heard a voice , Raymond like this is the exam tonight you 'll have to sit there . |
| 17 | where he 'd be , and they were just wheeling him down , him crying |
| 18 | They were just wandering about as if they owned the place . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was shocked in the sense that I knew what inspectors could do , but I was n't worried because I thought they were just wasting their time . ’ |
| 20 | So that when we get to the mock interview stage , no , no one can actually back out , no one can pretend that they were just sent by their council . |
| 21 | I think they were just taking the piss . |
| 22 | They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | Er the market traders er are up in arms about this and I found them er in the process of trying to get a petition together but it it was n't put together right , they were just getting people to sign blank pieces of paper . |
| 25 | And er we they used to fill there They were just filled with woodcuttings . |
| 26 | They were just stored in the caverns |
| 27 | Perhaps they were just listening . |
| 28 | Sure enough , they soon saw Mait , as he rushed out of the other side of a grotto they were just entering . |
| 29 | She says they were just hoping they would go away without doing anything stupid . |
| 30 | They tried to demoralise me , but as far as I am concerned they were just abusing me . |