Example sentences of "just going through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they were just going through the motions of what had worked before . |
| 2 | We go to work , eat , sleep , get married , have children , get divorced , always just going through the motions without being involved , without sparkle , without real enjoyment or genuine pain . |
| 3 | She tells me that ‘ the mother is just going through the process of grieving for the child she has n't had ’ ( the child is already eight months old ) : the health visitor 's instruction in the art of creating unpersons has been exemplary , and no doubt she is keen to pass this on to the mother . |
| 4 | Because if you if you if that 's all it is then you 're just going through the motions , you 're not actually going ahead and receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation . |
| 5 | We 're just going through the motions . ’ |
| 6 | You could perhaps team up with somebody else if you wanted to , so if you see someone and we 're just going through the order in which they appear . |
| 7 | " It almost looks as though they were just going through the cupboards , examining the stuff , as it were , the plainclothes man said . |
| 8 | We 've got six months work just wai you know just going through the process at the moment . |
| 9 | yes it 's more it 's just going through the motions of a story at the moment rather than |
| 10 | So I mean , we 're just going through the motions at the moment , I mean , quite hone |
| 11 | Ages is n't it I thought I 'd tidy up in his desk and I was just going through the mound of papers , and I said here you are here 's your licence , finish it off , fill it in , and I 'll give you the cheque . |
| 12 | And I 'm just , I 'm , I 'm just going through the thing and writing out different points for each thing . |