Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb past] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 2 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 3 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 4 | I just needed to be told to change my ways . ’ |
| 5 | Chemistry in turn , even ‘ organic chemistry ’ , was considerably more advanced than the life-sciences , which just seemed to be taking off into an era of exciting progress . |
| 6 | Spooner 's idea came from an invitation by his actor-neighbour , Jim Dale , to visit the set of the latest Carry On … film at Pinewood — which just happened to be Carry On Cleo . |
| 7 | BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all . |
| 8 | Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job . |
| 9 | erm and ended up dealing with it but that 's not to say she should n't deal with it erm she just got to be trained how to deal with it |
| 10 | And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out . |
| 11 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They just wanted to be seen as loyal citizens . ’ |
| 13 | They just refused to be flushed . ’ |
| 14 | It just had to be gone through . |
| 15 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
| 16 | No , he did n't really fancy her , he just wanted to be praised and feel top of the class and get a little attention . |