Example sentences of "just to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just to be able to give it as your address ! |
| 32 | ‘ He was called Simon too , just to be confusing . |
| 33 | There were girls who followed Must n't Grumble from gig to gig just to be near the boy , recording these concerts on reel-to-reel tape-recorders . |
| 34 | He was content just to be a part of the pack , and Ollie was prepared to allow this , providing he did n't get too close to the family . |
| 35 | But it was great just to be asked to come out here . |
| 36 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 37 | Just to be dubbed a ‘ best buy ’ in a range of rival tumble driers , answering machines or camcorders can lead to a rush to the store by discerning customers . |
| 38 | After the election she said : ‘ I felt I was too young just to be David 's widow within the local party . |
| 39 | David Spence , a 23-year-old from Natal studying for a diploma in social science , said : ‘ Oxford is seen as one of the very top universities in the world , and it is a dream come true just to be here . |
| 40 | The road in question was to be the new North Parade , and — just to be sure — the Trustees wanted permission if necessary to knock down almost the whole of Pig Street and a lot else besides , including : |
| 41 | Just to be using brain and muscles and feelings all together at once , and not failing . |
| 42 | Rufus , however , suggested he should take a look , just to be on the safe side . |
| 43 | I did n't mind this ; I was happy just to be there , hoping that one day she would give me some of the pretty wool to make something for myself but she never did . |
| 44 | Briefly Bodie explained what was going to happen : that Liz was going to be smuggled into the house from the taxi that would take the family home , and she was there just to be on the safe side , in case the man who had killed their two pets came back late at night . |
| 45 | Just to be sure . |
| 46 | As vets hammered out their new policy at a stormy meeting in London , one famous dog was happy just to be back with her owners at the home of Governor Patten . |
| 47 | ‘ I did not come back to international rugby just to be the grandad of the B side . |
| 48 | And Dicks is delighted just to be under consideration , because English League suspensions do n't count in the competition , which pits First Division clubs with those from Serie B. |
| 49 | He made a grunting noise just to be sure that Gurder heard him . |
| 50 | I never did like drag shows and I did n't want to spend the evening in the pub but I did it just to be with gay people . |
| 51 | ‘ Just to be told I 've won a million was one of the greatest thrills of my life . |
| 52 | It will be great just to be with the lads again . |
| 53 | Lesley wants sexual equality , but does n't believe attitudes have yet changed enough : ‘ We do n't yet have true equality ; until we do , women will have to overstress themselves and overprove themselves just to be given the same level of respect as their male peers . |
| 54 | Until there are as many and varied women in bands as there are men , we will always have to shout a bit louder just to be heard . ’ |
| 55 | They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt . |
| 56 | We do n't want to lose the scrum as part of our game or just to be a means of restarting play ’ , concluded Spotswood . |
| 57 | Andrew Kalman of Crane Kalman of London was immensely relieved just to be out of Britain , commenting ‘ It 's dire . |
| 58 | We were privileged just to be here ; to have attempted two new routes from this valley ; to have explored this unvisited glacier ; to have done all this with just one other person : a friend , a tent and a rope . |
| 59 | They are not relevant to his argument , since students of rock climbing would be sufficiently gobsmacked just to be on a top-rope at Land 's End . |
| 60 | Erlich was content just to be on home territory . |