Example sentences of "just [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were just pandering to prejudices — ‘ |
| 2 | And unless you answer that question , you 're just pandering to people 's emotions . |
| 3 | Indeed , the company is just drawing to the end of a five- year £150 million capital investment programme . |
| 4 | If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ . |
| 5 | Publications now abound which aim to develop ‘ ways of supporting the kind of school that ’ , with Hegarty ( 1987 ) , ‘ provides for each according to need as part of its normal provision , perceives special provision as an integral part of the whole ’ , and aims to prevent learning difficulties ( Booth et al 1987 ) instead of just reacting to them . |
| 6 | I suppose he does n't want to be seen to be just reacting to your letter he 's obviously started doing these things off his own bat anyway has n't he ? |
| 7 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 8 | Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda . |
| 9 | TIM BURTON , currently Hollywood 's golden boy with Batman Returns , is not just sticking to the obvious — even if there 's a vast amount of money in it . |
| 10 | This particular client seems to follow the policy of staging a shootout or competitive pitch between firms for each assignment , and trying out an increasing range of firms , rather than just sticking to those it has known and worked well with in the past . |
| 11 | Er so you might be best just sticking to people who are the s around the same age you know eighteen to twenty two or something . |
| 12 | on that to sort of show you the power of the system we were just using to erm The obvious thing to do is to label every area of the diagram , and do n't forget they do sometimes say , Seven were not interested in |
| 13 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 14 | She sounded astonished , and I knew that the real danger of the moment was only just occurring to her . |
| 15 | ‘ I was just explaining to Michael here about your notes , ’ Simmons interjected , to her relief . |
| 16 | This is the great hall which is which is although it looks finished is actually by no means finished , I was just explaining to Mike we still need a go there , we still need a table there , we need all the windows to be done and we need three thousand pounds for that window . |
| 17 | Just re Chris from Wood Frampton , just returning to the comments made by Mr , erm we are on behalf of the church commissioners promoting a new settlement proposal , immediately to the North of the M A F F Central Science Laboratory . |
| 18 | I watch over my shoulder just walking to the local shops . |
| 19 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 20 | It really did n't feel like it was such big stuff , it was just happening to me and I believed I was going to be all right . |
| 21 | Problems vary , not just according to what they are about , but also according to : |
| 22 | In the corridor outside the classroom just listening to readers ? |
| 23 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 24 | Next time , we 're going back with a record player and a Thin Lizzy record , we 're going to plug it in and when he asks what the hell we 're doing , we 'll say , ‘ Just listening to that Les Paul on the wall there ! ' ’ |
| 25 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're just listening to music ! ’ |
| 27 | I used to wonder whether they were actually taking in the meaning of what I was saying , or just listening to the accent . |
| 28 | No , I 'm just listening to the two , yes . |
| 29 | did you Fro fro just listening to th the way you were imitating what your mother said |
| 30 | How many other twenty-two-year-olds stayed in on a Saturday night just listening to the rain hurl itself against the windows ? |