Example sentences of "just for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole exercise , from beginning to end , should take about two hours , with plenty of time at the start just for thinking . |
| 2 | Seven days , just for thinking about him . |
| 3 | Now see I 'm looking at this here , right , just for fitting in twelve games I mean , I 'm gon na have to start the first of May . |
| 4 | What , one where you can go in or just for take away ? |
| 5 | skin up The Clinique Skin Survival Kit is handy for the gym , for travelling or just for helping you to keep the bathroom tidy . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's James Cannavino took some time out to explain exactly what Louis Gerstner is doing with regard to the company 's restructuring — Gerstner , he says , ‘ has stopped any organisation in IBM that was creating a subsidiary just for accounting reasons ’ — instead , he decided it was better to change the accounting practices — ‘ which is great ’ declares Cannavino , ‘ because it means that the accountants are staying up as late as we do now ’ . |
| 7 | Cannavino took some time out to explain exactly what Louis Gerstner is doing with regard to the company 's restructuring — Gerstner , he says , ‘ has stopped any organisation in IBM that was creating a subsidiary just for accounting reasons ’ — instead , he decided it was better to change the accounting practices — ‘ which is great ’ declares Cannavino , ‘ because it means that the accountants are staying up as late as we do now ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ People like Kubrick deserve Oscars just for getting it together . ’ |
| 9 | I would admire any conductor just for getting through it from the first note to the last without too many disasters P there 's a pitfall a minute . |
| 10 | So whether the fact that they thought that she was a witch was maybe kind of half an excuse just for getting her out of the house I do n't know . |
| 11 | I thought fourteen days was a ridiculous sentence just for messing about . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sayin' he 'as n't been a good Samaritan , but I never thought he 'd beat me black and blue just for arguin' with him . ’ |
| 13 | June , too , had wanted to be noticed for herself and not just for fading to attain impossibly high standards . |
| 14 | The clothes are for comfort , for running and moving , not just for looking good . |
| 15 | A proper budding knife will be required — a penknife is no good at all — which is like a planting trowel in that both ends are used and the handle is not just for holding in the hand . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're not going to shoot you just for trying . |
| 17 | Yours free just for sending off your Free Trial Card — this high quality oven mitt . |
| 18 | So , there are a hundred ninety two houses in this particular estate erm , which makes a total of eight hundred and forty pound just for sending a bill ! |
| 19 | Some disreputable agencies try to charge just for putting your name on their lists although this is illegal . |
| 20 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 21 | The way to recovery lies in learning to place that blame where it belongs , to use the anger it arouses and to give yourself the praise you deserve just for surviving the abuse . |
| 22 | Were they paid just for tying the boats up or for bringing them up the estuary as well ? |
| 23 | No just for tying the boats up , that 's all |
| 24 | He adds that the MacSharry approach would penalise efficiency and preserve allotment-sized farms , and that farmers should receive grants for doing desirable things , not just for having small plots . |
| 25 | Before the first world war , and even after it , the rich were notable not just for having money but for having the leisure to enjoy it . |
| 26 | I envied you that day the way I 'd never envied any other man ; just for having her beside you . |
| 27 | They 've given him a price just for painting the walls . |
| 28 | But then I started putting humbuckers in all my guitars and now I 'm back to the single coil thing , but just for playing in my hotel room . |
| 29 | Animal rescues will be much the same just for turning out and £97.50 pays for a an awful lot of home help visits . |
| 30 | , Hairspray is a versatile styling product — it 's not just for adding hold to a finished look . |