Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb past] to be [vb pp] " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ They just wanted to be seen as loyal citizens . ’ |
| 8 | They just refused to be flushed . ’ |
| 9 | It just had to be gone through . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |